LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 602, 2 September 1909, Page 9

LAW REPORTS.

--> r v' ;v '.^ vIv!I'ABtHUR • -WIMSETT ; ACQUITTED :-V.'" : IN■HiS TRUE COLOTJES^ ''■v^y'Tl^^ ; ;V;;f';)iflflii^'.;offioial > "'.who i 'iwas lohargacl /with" baring; James Hemingyviiy.;iii the.robbery of ths .•'"'.{•i^Jiesj*^ , :iury:'of Jtwelve.',?'-.V- : 7%V':V:: ;'- 37 ; ;iliv/Pethericfc, :";:'.'.''./ (or ; called evidenco as ; ; .;'*;v::lo Jvaeqiised's ; character,',:;;'-The. witnesses .wore vi;;;!;;' ;Eob«t;;;DarrochH(beadmastei: : spf ;:the'.■;Mitohell•: t ; Light:' ; (retired),', iand" ' n ry^': Diokersdn :;. (warehouseman). ; 7 >;:; :''&;Teirto ih^W'i:with; ; his';prepioiis\eer'vico.-in' the Department, '!:',.''/.r^.;he kas'.always beeii equal'to the work required. : 7;' : ;:--'>f;1;kffii;' ; ; hitherto' .■yW-;;J)jjei'?ea^^^ "' ; -;7-':-;■: ■'> ''•-.> ■£•■ >;' : ;i'';: .Boribe'd'.'a'n. interview which, she,and:Mr.';Pether ■;.••;.;;'.;■; iriok; had.had with-Hemingway; at the gaol,' as 5. ;K > :'.'ho;Btood»'T)ehihd.'an iron ddorin'the corr;dor. ■);5,.--V.- : 'jrithJ a>-hammer ■: in; his:'. hand." ..'Homiiigway' ;rf^;,'J»id':i , ./W'Ky';'dW'/'nbt : vy6tt'- : c!)m6' up before?!' ' /.V'J;'v!a»d;'jhe.asked jf/h'o l Knew, why ;she now-visited -SSi'-,kimV:v:She -said:": "Have not -you ,hbard, ii about .•'. arrest'?" : C;"Yes," ; -he replied^'', ilr. : f;.';s'K,:lJetheriok'-.»aid :'!Vfe :havo come;iip_to'see what ■: , 'ri,V;.:-OTideßc»V|rou;aio\going''.t6- give,. •Hemißgwny.',' .i |" ; . ; '.v HeJturned•round,*'and .said: ''I.'am- going into:j 7 ::•:(.-> the | .'\Vimsett''Vfivo';solid:,years,,as :;;*;'':'Xheyiis;f|iven. : it ! toi'me." ■ ■.':■■ *"•■■'£ : 'i£s*X Hislop: .Whhtvdid iybtf-reply?r-Witness ■ •.'.r.'iMidjJj'l' said. t'p;hnn.&'Ho.w'Cani-yoU' talk, like' t.; :want you.to ispqak/tho truth.';! ■i>.J; : ;';;He^said:.'; ?Mrs.: VPimsett,(.l 'am -hero.: for. ; five j ■'?'■%-. eplid-.'years, ; - and'.i'you : .:and : "Arthur wero' the :;lvS; s eaiiM: of/jail;, this.'.'i .I:;asked:, : ,'How?'. and.'-ho' V ;, cV(v | /-imW:^ryoti::js«yß'that;:stnff-'-np. ; ,.tb;.the I ,detec-' /;'>'.'.. | ;E«teetiv«;.iewis..;thit : ;l.; f was;:in..Sydncyi. and. '-'■;:;;• if.'.taey7got?Hemingway 'they'• would'' get' the' ,' ; ..':':. Arthur-had given,. mo away.'{:; I said:''l don't; y;-,r-;kjibw,rh«w like, that., '.Wo. have :r.'.. Sey^r;done;any;harm '; to yon, .and ;.haren't ; ,we ';•'. .'■i'been Igbbd . enough ?'r!YesV.you!have been'good ;>,; ! ;::V,4i'6ngh.46 : ;m4,'-he;;r,oplied > ..:'but;:l have .been V; ; ;fvhere; thfeelmonths,iand,''&ftefiyou -have::beon SA: JhieiatthreS/irionths, :you .havei : i\o.-heart'and ;no .going-.'to' give' Arthur; his,'five ,;/•;- ; '^^™;. ; as ;he,'lias :given-;it-tbkme.', ;: ! I'asked: ;:■&;} \Whjj do injure ;us?-:; Haven't ■ I ;-.';.':'i: trteted/vypu;,wetl;;enough ?'.'.;'Ah, ;,;.,(Jplie'd;j;,'bu't. seV-;kow.. yeu have ' my;pep-. ;>':?V pie./\i?,'-I/-saidr.f-'Surely"'l-': have"treated/yourl \:>:j} vicpebilVJ.w.ell.,-,?We :never,jsuspepte'd/you-,of,tluv ; -'...'./T»bßeries;vso;liow'.;conld wbUll.your people? ;,;';.,;-;,:'We'.gOt-'an awful shock -whenfwe heard about '■'.■■'.-.'''V It.',;;. Hi';said':„T know; different:.';;;l went, any;:;';■'•'.'.;:JTeu:;knbw.:thbs6'.pr.esents and,'that';dress.: You" ,;; •',;:; ; . k'ne^Vth'at, I' did ?not Sknow; they.^vere; stolen.' all Tight;.! know, that.'- -As p ;A'TJ»;»were 'coming nway,; 1 said.:to; him: '.'All '.I- ---;: ,:;.v.;want;j l !)n;tb:do,;Jim,;is'to : .tcll '.the itriith.and, : .r : v.';. ;^ : replie'd':' ; 'l-'am.' i.'Ji -going.'-infe;the box;Vtp : give';Wimseftnvo years, V;. - s : as':he';hai:-given it-'to it;;;::-; '~■'. I':':,:,; ■?;H«»y»}jroneyi'nbekßm^th^emplbredv,by;.-' , Den';.' .;:.";/:. tin;-i/ieseribed.. the ; e,afo : ' ; as, he.;found ; .it after ■;;j;h;-the^rbbbcry.;:^' ; ; : ..:>,':ft,'ffAbbrised; in'the.witness'pbi, -gave.his.'agpas,. ':';.:.>B?;;yeArs,'y«nd:stnted .that,:he'-had;'been, in;tho ;'i-";:' ; .';.^;.;-;nionth;s:'-He,..had:never;'had,,any;.reason ,to;be I'V ;; ; :dies4ti9ned;with JtheVeerviceV.'having obtained. J;;.:.;; alli-thbiprembtionsdue to bint -.vJfo'itheh'.fprb-.. :;'. flat':'denial;*of '^eilaiti l portions ';;r'.':7\bf"-Hj!toingwiyV;evidenee.';A;;:;Si : :l;-;';'' : -V ■V>.;,d-i-:X : Acdusea.' : left 'the, witnejsibbx-;at,3 -p'.iri:,;and y'j;;"this',;concluded;the -dekncb.;l^ ; fl;^t';; : ;; ; ; ,;: 1. m?7';v^^:!SKHj s ;fl^ u r.^W?^P' Stroiigiy. : \C ?;'? £<y?*- v-ilnVsu'mniing; up,;'his i Honour;intimated;;'.to :.:F;: : .:;thojjury" U:_-;j'wheth!er; k ' Hemingway's : story-: was';s;wdrthy:' of V .•';' brsd<mce,"B;.They; had , heard''--ai,;ciceptiorially ;"; S:-;f vMr./ Hislbp'toi'goVright: to;the '"■- iv."',;"iiskir.ts of; the affair, 1 and;the'.:jiiry .now.-had very ■ '■■]■: ;;e«rapleto7bvidence":bcfor6;tbem.,:lt'.was. never ; .' r , : 'i;; werb^srire 5 ■; ;V,:t;,tnat;:,his'ißtbry : wpj,;aCcb , ntableTaha'''.true.''vHo :i" : .:,';Was the ::;!" ; -;iinside ;^uhr^ng,":;and;,had;peculiar /l advantn :; ! ? Vin-beingyable;tojweave;into his' probable story; lis.', a; charge; of complicity;; making -- it'appear that' a-clean;breast bt.the: wholo ■i>; : , ioaseV-i.^Tbe. .'jUry; ; mnst look..for'cprroboratibii,' ';-:(';:-^XhibhV'stMd;apart'from .Hemingway's evidence ;;.;..:■;;:in'd;added•"to:it..-It .would-not;be'safe to'coh-, Pi'- ■■-';«ct! the^acousad-unless-they started with; tho ;v v,i jbelief'ithat •h'ojent the ■ keys' to": ;'sb' :.£{} ';;tha'tvhe : ;mfghtSuse Vjthemvi' dishonestly;:vV-d'hey' .:iV,;;;;,roUstfilso;; be;satisfied : ; that 'vHemlngway'i.s'poko ;;■ 'r.;the. I ;.truth-whenshe'.'said'-that : .VVinisett: : ; had; i :;~;^{btksrjrise ; lent: himself ,:dishoncsfly -to. tho trans-,: '-;'::.-;:s;i«tl(»;^^^ •;;:;:,:; ; .bo-' a ';-'- CTune 1 ,-,appaTently,;;,ah'fl-vr,ad,vi3o; -far, ■ th«:,m«ns/;oKfulfilment:'< The gury; could' ft:;^;;nbt:help":seeing>that;-he^Kad;nb,iMns^ : Of:shamc; ' :>r,\>bttt:;rather; i . ; m«nif p Mte'a '^jtbhe-of;regret'-that ';i;h : ;:the --small j;: :^ ; 4 oityi; -twerp;: >itt^M ;;;,-; A'-:(raan 1 ;: 'jnighjl^ s ;': pbwibljr,.:J;jdistih'guish'i >;;iv;;limself.amonj:'th», jewellery' -establishments. ih .;;:;: ;Hatton;jGorden. : hßd>..Kad';te ! 'p«t iip;,with:com--'i_<■:';■ j-parlitively-iTiilueless ';plunder:\ : V,He,'.;;who'" might .-, -. ?; l f i have .'.takenia sKu3ai'»',;leiitberiC'asb. : vbeiangirig; to ■.Vi';;. ! v.".'»! ftlled.'^itK--tleras'?and : ';o'tber. iliamaiiVl-'

;; ;"eelf a A^otir-iind-riipenny;/.sheepskin v.;-writiijj-ca««;f:; He'.;had''B6 scruples bn'tho score ■ If) of.m'ornUty; ; VA;circnmstanco:which'.told against v v ■'Wiiii3ett,,\wa! .'.his': ■ptftsorialw association: / with IV,-: thisTma'n,;'^ ;iiolo.WsVho.^;i-!-Heih^gwa^;;whs',eiinnmf;. : .-and ; . ;y.absolutelyv.Msc'runhlons,-'and hs'-wa«. ! 'capable shaking ,handrwift-Baker,; : r ■ii.^for;;3yimsett?.;iHe;.-had : '-risen v'Vfrora'.the posiHoh of : anf ordinary; telegraph: and j /;; postal' riiMsen psrM ßy V his : ambilion !and : in--' ;.; .idus'lryvho l :'.'■: it'.i.prdbablo .'that/he.V-wbuldV imperil / the 'very :. ; /reH«feMß;of:.his',bappytfamily, by. lendihgjiim',':?:'aali .'tblsneh 'ii plan-on ;such :a -small/,uiducev. /'.m^ntf/y'No'jdohot-mßn.b^ .'Vol lriii, they;get'!into-debt,'; were open*to many' '^vk«uittotidnaV-;but;i:jiii;oJ;Wß/:6aM':stnne'i'\rMV'nd : "ft 'a^^'V;',-;;! : ' ''-£ *ii!s¥'<V- m *'' HhoVjurv; Switnbnt /^retiring l / ,;: tendered 'HvTerdiet'ef nbt;gililty, ; .'and; added- a bpiii'iohVnoistain'shbnld bo. ';,:; ;chafaoter;iC-;S'-V ; '-; i 'V' - : &: : ~ -v? ; v MSbmeiapplause .'from^'the;;back' v b£ 'the'' Court ■..•;.Vft4;4>rotnptlT.checked;:'Acous'ed 'was then' dia- '■;. M»ftcd,j .and .his-Honour, remarked (.that •.the' ■:•• '■ £**f.-'fl™ been a"long one'and .that'the; 1 iuW' k^had,;-«T«n'it- close ; •"* ; ■'■;'.':■ V'.'-'f.*-'' ' r ' ; ;4^^* ft * ; ''idlowed: /to;'the accused,' -pe'nding: :...-.-tna ,-kMiingof :tho .three"charges' of receiving ■ii, :attlen -goods.,'.,lt .is not .likely that the/charges "^wijljbe-proceeded;with;>v-..;v>;' ; "y^Hi^u-i- ---'■■ \An;appeai 'from the.decision; : of District Court .v. Judge;Hfl6elden : ..wfta;heard:byrUa'Honour,'Mr.'- .'"• Justice Sim at a Banco'sitting yesterday.-'The ;■'<»«;. !wns'from-^Mastertbn,".in ■,\'whieh ; ' the ;, plaintiff;;- William J. Hugh:. vLong,;v:>butchor, .-..'« awl;:-•'sue d:; ■, tho'-.:-.;defendant; .v.. Hai :=;Oscar i'r,':ArSastoinJ' '^auctioneer,.'-for'.' 'the''sum'! of ;.: aieß,';i;;-.-.BUeged'.'.'-.v- to; ;:bov^dne"'-from '■'£.''■ a; f:..business >; transaction';';,in;'- which ■'; they' were ; ; : , jointly'ijengaged. 1 ,; Tho defendant: denied ; that : ■;■; My;moneys wero.duo. < ..The case:.was: tried by- '■\ the'; district judge' 'add 'a /jury:' of:' foiir.'- -'At ,xthe;;clo».of:.the counsel'for ! ...'; the,'defendant asked for, a nonsuit.;' Tho'dis- '■ ' fPv-' : '.n^said;:.th'at ,he -was:of. opinion' that the'Dlaintiffhad* not: proved his case, but '•' : .'before Vhe .:wbhld ;: . : nbnsuit;-:i]bwould ask'tho ''opiuioh. of.'the,'ju'ry'thereon.;: The jury iunahi:;:':inbusly;'gaver;their. opinion.\that.; : the plaintiff ./-had not-made -out a;case-for the: defendant'to r'.(iud(v(:r.':: and-stated :that they;did not.wish to ';/beat '.;-.llie?case; further;;;'; The: judgo, then • non'.' V BliitiiKthe :plaintiJf,;''ivith -.costs. .;':From: this :'. 'diji.'ii.ipii',"-!.aii : .appeal'Vas' now'^brought.'--' ''.-!--' v ■•;vW/vii'WC/iA.'-sl'owiiall appeared:;for -the appel. '/''lßUiiUitiW : Mr^P;'i;:.;Hollinss and Mr, : H. H. : ■.;vOi.t- ;i :iri:for'ithßj'«s^onde^t/-:-'C;.;' : '' : ;.-, ':-y-\ ';-"-:V:-: ; '>.uluef; ground-!of, appeal was "that : the ::. ,'lin-'j'.;l'-court judgo ,was;'WTOng 'in. ; delegating ■ K '; ; : i ':-j'ury ; his ; judicial'discretibh.as: to-nbni v.lii'-S'V,-/the^pUintiff;;."'■•■;'■'.'•■';!; ;:K;v- !".,■' '.■.".:■".'■ .;.';:'::,>;''ilie':conclusion 'of -Mri. Powhall's argu. ' '■:, v-.k::■-{ -ihis; Honour, .without.'calling-.upon conn- • .10;.f-;rvtlie. respondent; said that,;although, the ..'. ijii.ui''Jcr'adopted by tho district court judge was v'6owewhat;unusual,Vhe was.q'uito.at' liberty' to :;' and : ;tho'-jury: /.were"- at -liberty ;to ; ':■: say,;at-the.close rof/tha/.plaintiff's, case,..that'' ?.'■'■ he'liad, iuade oiit'no caso for. the 'defendant'- to : .'-answer.'j;.The only, thing that-was wrong with ';■ ;-'the;' judgment - : yras that the judgo', Bhbula 'haTo ' ;gon« .farther,: and 'entered i judgment ,:for" '■■ the ; defeßdant...; :Jndgment:would :,be: for" the -re-/spohde'nt,.with-ten guineas costs. :f ■_■';;;,';-;;:. : ; : ; : : ':' Wbt ;ywitO^PATS ; ;THE ; ;PNTPJ;\ ■;: ■ ..■:'•■'His Honour; Mri'Justice;Sim, also heard : an ■'■'<'" ippeal yesterday from a decision giveri in Car(fcurtnu' recently by Mr (i i C, C, Graham. Rit,

Charlos Joseph. Jury had svicd Thomas Hodso for tho sum of ,£lOl < Ts., claimed to. bo the balance due for rents of a;lease and bailments of lnnd and dairy cow?.', .The defendant had. . alleged\ tbat one Kimpton, to. whom ho had transferred his ifttcrest, bad been '.'accepted by tho; landlord as tenant in his place, and that," from and-after tho date of tho assigning lo Kimpton, Hodge was absolved from all liability for. rent.,' The magistrate agreed with this and gave . judgment. in favour of tho defendant. .. : .". ■' , '■ ■' . ;'.■•'• ' -Mr. D. M. Tindlay nnd Mr. T. E. Maunsoll appeared for tho appellant, and Mr. Mr. IC. Phillips for tho respondent. , ! .. .. : Judgment was reserved. . "■■■' .■