A COURT SENSATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 13

A COURT SENSATION.

Jf|: : VEEDICT-ipF M ?'®S>^i^;^^OOTOT : MAN.'V ')} : -. .'^^^^^fat/'^^llnßira^atys^^ey^onVEeb^': ': 17,yfhen;';a;;pTi£oiwr.; in:, i tli o,; do,ck \ to ; ;,his'< lef lit sideband: i Lord. ,v j'-'j;' f diet an j innocent ;man." V;'£ i v :':/ - '/■: '■}. ;,-'■. ~':~. ■i;>^»ffi-Thes.priOTnef ; did''nqt ; fail^d6wii l 'as:;the' .: ;^/.iijmlt';-;of;'i;.the •; yiwrtfr. supported lv-ojpolicemeii:>hbVhad rushed^intp'the; ; dock/ {': ;;:';;JKe Vstasgcrodrf rom , , the /court '• on 'his :• way 'CA ; £!io£t!i'^ V-':£S;-:^?;-affirf]^^ v^;J>Heraid'');; was:^den ;^a^ey^linK;: !With i Xyv!^.,fl^h,;"a"nd 7 .the,':rep^ ■;.;"';.;y.Btables,'- and.Jofficers of ..'the.court .nearvby \ '.The Yajbiest /per-:, in ::the,/courtf was v elderly; accused^ ;&?C *t m Wiite ?laters- acquitted;"who stood"' be- ; ' 3^;|ffldeYti^!pnsone'r;:wheii ; her fired /the-shoty to.tipse/wko'saw^thj-in--; entirely ;,i|sorant\of£anatb'my";VoiK &¥j- ; :';&jfyrms^'{yn»i& : little.: ecven-cham-■'■V ..-/Sv : i uered/American: : toy,;.- and vit : was - : ;V|goblljndyJielow;!the:; : the 'heart:/ £ft%3s?: V dropped '] _it|VwieiiV $p ; fixed,- ', v -snddenly:' •5 .^jiealisiiig^th^situatipn;/rushed -the, dock, : ; y'■!£&&. opened, vthe iroi.igate;^ andi ;pickeiiip ; ; SftW?''^ l^!-i^9^; consteblev'Bafcd ; ' , the' \^y-;'beiaonm.;b^&&tfc.;ami : i,fidttnd.; prdceeUejTito; half .drag, > half ■assist' P>y|Wni;from,the J ldock;ivThe:Cprisoner'did":not' yj.;,»ylgasp; or,tarn>pale.;?He .just'accepted-.the'; iViWr/^upportrwhichs/the , :constable -offered;-and: v;f'-':[iJs:/kn€M7asi'they::d^escended : the :, 'stairs ! ?./%ffl^^ , '? r '^? ;^^P '*> , ™P9 r J ; .^ca'ne.' : frpin : ' ,■,::.-: the: gaol hospital,: in reply.i.toj an inquiry, ■ Wi; TO"'JndgeVMobra,",that' the' prisoner ' had' HI J;)npt' seriouslyf weranded 'himseTfi'-' ■'■ •■£ ■■■•• rv 'Vi, ;? : 'n;guia;he.hadibeen':ohatged btf bail fromVthe Sessions/:.with'';stealing /three .SiWjchecrae:;: forme f: vfrom'V the;/t warehouse ti of/ ?■■ U M-Eittricfc: ~'vi.-..bnd :thjen.breatin|(:liia:.way'6nt;'';The ; jury g: if JadfgMt: fbnndvnim iguUty,/after: : several: '■''■'^p} o * ll ?'' deliberationii and /the s.prisoh^'.re- 7 . read/but/his gaol record—^for- s ~;/ ,i vgery;|and;,uttering ; iini'New ; :Zealandi%and, ; ';. ;.,/ me: "stewing \pf /signed '•■ bheque ? forms/ under i.-.V;,;, exactly;/similar, vciicuinstances \ ' ii/vCape ''■i£* Tpwnysfor I'which:! :;.>;/■ Mcorder;als6;'riie'ntibned; : som'ethijig. ; about'. fjSi'j; o;coart-martial ; 'for:hbrse-stealing/during «f-;jjj the' .war/in"South': Ai^rica.:.,> fiU />- --ik'S:-■'•" ■ ■■? -/■/. TV; irtpayids/;fumbled iiiside'v'coat-" ;'/;';-;;jp6'ciet.a3.,the recpfd <>as:read,Jarid,^when' ' J ; :j the fJudge -remanded ,'.him ''for '' 'sentence, 0-??-' : M' ;^te3.^vIt: rV-J^t ;:, of •/ seyeh,% and^t: before; ; the:/' pblice : :A;,y:fjtte^tter;:;fiye^ot^f^r-v^ ; .^ ? 'Vift^r!*!-/, ;

j^^lpiioTrltlfeJjirisonerribecame possessed,'of : .thnt,the: •• v :;f:^atter^was,.cleared : u'pMnt'a'::faw,-minutes.: 1 usual Jz/^feractice^ykenHa .'man-is J :nbt' ; rej»arded' as : '6earolied. ! 'During'the ::i>s;'jday> heijobtained. leave.;feKretire-to" the ; w and-.'then V aid 'thereV' ; it': is ; . 'tep6rtw,Vj seated 'K'^iiWi'Eaor.anttoritiMjVhe^vrae^se^iied^.Shd-' ;/'-'.4f'. trial ;',was'.:nearing,: the. -ead!; yesttrday, i he' ■: : v!;'f , ' Ss : ,\* kyafery^'eecuredvthe.'reyolver,■''■ifciia- said;' iii'j; ana.?retaraed: i to-%tirt ; - ; Trith v; it' ; in ;: hlßi *'?'*©>?!?* iPolice".tojl; a cnripusVstory''atoutJthe : i^r;;i;jprisonery jHe:; was i.: 'atjNeif.cßsjße;' >p'<fejw>^j™gV«ngfaieer,Vpn>pdtbber, v : : 15i; ; -.''bjr' ;*:.':3 "and ("Constable a iV;-»'fffi™!jw',^B^3i7:^nd l '^;\ttat\tnsr'..we ireiij;:i" adentifjed-as 'sonVe' stolen' , from' : the premises ■ \*y , 'lbf>Jilr.'":H«b'e^'' :: E^i;!cflnfflt|ig : .Ci:Wwhose>room-iatXCa^bellfSbeet^\North ; ?;: into t'during :lias': a>: '■•'';y*ffir^nt/- : TOd^i.M^ittal-Vfpr^mais ; pnJa: i i:jP-ftharge : of "stealing 4he"gems3H?A H'v V','.', ; ,!;/•:; SThe first the .police heard,of 'Davida'Was , . A.'-';C- ! in l l9os,'*:wheiithey/arrested :hin ';'Qj?-imtioji : fr^';llew,-Z^aia4;~tt''Wbi^ ; ''pTßce ■;':\ ; ':¥^^wa9:'s^vba'(^^ai4;c«itiote'd;ior : ..'fOT-' rSftgery ! and; uttering. that he'then V^^Mt'vte^EiglaM/mdV.Amw^-wbiining' As»i"«^'^Jt' ;^pl6ym^lV.iii.i :Mriv.M^Kittriefc'e'. /;':','<i\iiick>'6e'nt.;;him';itoii:cpreseiit.;his':'company. : i i > f ion'ihis;

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