NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2012, 20 March 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

CftfW? £en .law* IMPASSIONED APPEAL TO J.URV, ()3y A-i^aMon.) eisborrtf, March 19. e Michael 'Mannix wad .found guilty iij. the Supreme- Court).of shootiiiig with intent to 11v4i1.i1,, prisoner, an elderly man,, jinvflii an .injp.a.sslaned appeal to the jury, staling that he had teen t*»rmentttl by iaise accusations on the fart of the complainant, .and, -eoivsnlt" ing a lawyer .mid .nnding that llio hnv' Was hiijffft'ttaMjj was t'oiUtrained to iib'a Qiliy action leit Jj-iiJi as a 'jjtjor shoot- the eamplai'iiaiit in, order ic gtit Win iiitQ Coart aftd haw the 4aso vcmtikitod,. lie had to stand up .far iischafaoter even if ho was, liange'd. foi\ it. He toc'iv lie wowlii JiaVo to'face a jury, aiid perhaps join the ■eompajiy of criminals, but a man who jvonld .trot' face those things when ftis iioi'ioiir was gt stake va.s sqaftely ». man at all. Mr. Justice Hos'kiiKJ,. referrijig to the "unwritten law," .said attempts to. rectify grievances by the ■.miwri't'tfiii fa* ought, not to be allotted to .prevail, Thereivas evic'leMC-O thai; .acfiiiscil 'iva's * ha;rdworking: man,, and .that tho mail sliot had .not a vo'ry good character... ! Tpic;y were Slot called upon, -to-..de-cide whether accused had a ■gi?|eyai.ice:, and the tact that lie had shot .aho'ili.e'r 'man was a case- for the lair t'Q step in. Sentence vfas defcrreds PELL.ACRAv "calamity if w spmms?* • * , Audlitand, March 19; Dr. M.a'gu)re,,M''ed'isEtl Superiiitend.eiii! ■o£ the JVnelda'iid Hospital, has rfi'pei-.fdd to the Hospitaj Board tliat a female;■piitien't, 4.4. years of age.-, is. under treat--incut for .pellagra. ..Ho states that it weiild he a great calamity,i'f it spread ii! this Dominion. The- disease is- not contagious. Dr. Magiiire states that pellagra was formerly su.pij.ased to he caused by, ■the eoivsinnption of diseased o.r fermented maijic, but fcrtdy the welWi'liowii. qhscrvof §.amhon .propounded .the theory that the disease was-caused..hv.infection, transmitted jjy im insect _ qWisely '■diioii to the. sandfly-,. The disijasfe' affects, chiefly tlje .skin-, the ■ali.niciitary-.'tVacti ■and tlifl central h.ertoiis system., ; -Jt f$ igeuera'tiy ol a e'lirojiie nature, a'nd' is. preme- to term'Hiafe in iil.suni'ty or eral 4eh.ijitj', Se, li.ad seen, only tflio ■Q.tli.cr.gase : i'.n,.A.ite.h!la.ijcl. A iater mes.Sa.ge states; that the piitient died. ilLicif Operations. _ ;Pahi.at.ua, March Id. §cwal liee'nsiiig cases Were heard at the Ideal Court iaidsj. \Viffia.in A. M l, Po)ia.id., .p'aiirter, was charged (11 ■with keeping Ikjuor for sale ;ai roa whieh is j.n the No-Liceuse' ii'stvibt of Masterton., a:ud ■.(2) ivitli thtj itiegat use of premises a.s, : a-.;place of resort :fo.r the cp.UisU.mptidn .of 'intoxiiating ; liq:uo:r. The. first cliarge ivijs dis.Oiissed, but cieleiidant Was iifted £5 and costs |3 19s. for ailowing his premise's : t{>. : bo a r.eiart lot. '%o Eoiusumpfipfl ol -liimor. ':ft:ree e'harges preler/recl against Thomas Patriclv ■Graw\forS>'..fQ"n.n.e.rj;,y' Kccirsee of the'Aqljanga ; ]ti.<itei( which h .now iii a- distriet. Que eliatgfl was dismissed aiid. ou fte seeo.ud lie was. convicted' and disdvafged, lis was fitted 4'0.5.. aiid easts .9's., : for i&v iiig .liqiiqr for anftther -periig.ii. INDENT AfiiENT* AUBES.T.E.D, March 19. An indent age'ii.t liaiijed fedncK 'Sc'tilftich, was' iirreste'cl. torflay oil s, *liarge-#Sfei' a%ti#\l)icceniher 19' last, lie $id c.o 111 jiii'fc' theft',' Jiavihg received a sjiin Si £GlO is. 'orttei'ms .r.equjr'i.iig- hinj SO. aecojifit fer or .pay it ■'■■• t<a jiie'ssra, Hughes- 'and.. Uos.ser, indetii ageiits., of Ai'C.k-la.iid, aiid; that jio •fra.ii.d'ulen'fly emittpnl to a'ceoflut for or. pay At tho tiiiiie n? tlve .alleged bifeiico -acsn-sctl ■was ill llio ■employment *f SlessrSj jiiiglieS aii'd josser, iSiiice. Christmas he hii's: been carrying on a hhsiiitss f.oj Ms owl*.

tolaca wnCRIMES, ,Gisborrie :t MaT'cli. 19, At the Supremedourt, Ifiati Slaifai, ■charged with bfeitking and cft'teriilg /aiid theft ijt Maji ISay, ftns sentenced, to two years' reformative ■ teeatnieirt. Eustace .George Kalinin, fosf./arsffn at Tohtga Bay, ,Wijs s.Qiit'eilcc'ii to ijnto lnqiit'h.s' iinprlspjiment, the sentence being a light oii.o ota vie* .of accusei'-s disclosure oi ills offence.

ONCE FLOODED, NOW PARCHED. Core, March. 1!).

. The partial drought of the past six weeks broke hist hifihti ivjieiv 4..1 points of rain wenfi registered, Mote is wanted for the teni.ip!! and grass.. The .rivers a.r.o lower than for . several . years—<a iiiarl.v.wi ■contract, to the stjrt.e of last March, when the hiig flood ocimfred. SALVAfiON WMY. Fqxtori, March 1.9, ' Coiwnfesionor .JJicliar.i:J& trneffed, ihfe new Satvatign Aiiny Sail ' he'ire -list niglft. ©Qjiiig * speech lie. said 'that since iiis : a:mvai in New Jjeaiaivd *4(ti'OOo. worth q| property had hee.il iitfqitiirdci ■by the Army, 'arid towards the .purchase inoney the p'ii.blie had ciojitnbuted: nearly £26,000, A sum o:'f £2a|[j.O had been ■set as'ttte for ;aca/ulring sites in ■■rising tovvitshijis, A scheme fo.j- widening ij )9 scope of social ■.ttpe.rijtimis vy.auld he con* sidered a$ an early, dtife. . PTC KIQS &THi Ei BBAT B> ,' ' PMheyinj M»oh49> : The action of the Puncdm. Bakefß' and pastrycooks* l.uciaistr'ial Jjnjoii in.' deciding to told ■their aiinifaj. ■ijieiiioriexif Saii'dfty is sti:oHisly opposed by :s'o'ii,ro church, flrganisatkujsj. .i'lifi,-. <<Mjiijjjtt<>o of pifblie lftqfals, appbuitfti h'y tJi.eMethodist ■Ganfcrtsacfl itnd the- QoUi'icij ■of the C-iiUi'pjie'Sj both Wet to-fey, and ppiswt Wsolittions strongly .protest.iiTK. against the proposal,

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