SUPREME COURT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 34, 4 November 1920, Page 8

SUPREME COURT

1 HABITUAL CRIMINAL SENTENCED. Mr. Justico Chapman presided over yesterday's sittings of the Supreme Court criminal session. Mr. P. S. K. Macassey appeared for the Crown. NOT GUILTY OF JIREAKING AND. ENTERING. James Herbert Carr, a young man, a'ppcarcd on » chargo pf breaking, entering, and theft from the premises .of George Fowlds, Manners Street, on Augußt 25. Mr. A. B. Sievwright appeared for the accused. Counsel for the Crown alleged that Carr had stolen a' pair of boots from Fowlde's shop, after first breaking a window of the shop, and that he lmd thrown "tho boots away on being detected. Mr. llucapscy said that- Constablo Brown, -who was on duty at 2.30 a.m. on August 23. heard the sound •of smashing ;gl?.ss in Manners Street, and having met accused, who said he had heard tho eame thing, arrested -him. Accused could not account for splinters 'of Elass found on the heel of .his right hoot. Corroborative evidence was glvon by Constable Brown,' who emphasised that he saw no one save Carr. In cross-examination, counsel for the defence submitted that Fowldsjs shop was in darkness. Witness said that Carr had no hesitation in giving his right name when apprehended. • A statement by Scrccant Scott was read, as the sergeant was unavoidably absent. Addressing the jury, c6unsel for the defence submitted that tho cate had arisen purely as a matter of suspicion <md exaggerated circumstances. He claimed that tho police had arrested the wrong man. After a. brief retirement, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. FOUR YEARS' HARD LABOUR. Robert Burgess, an habitual criminal, at present serving a sentence, was charged that on September 16 last ho broke into and entered the house of A. P. S. -White, Oxford Terrace, and stoio goods of value. Tho Crown alleged that Burgess got into tho houso through the kitchen window, and stole goods, including a gold watch, which ho pawned, and that he later sold the ticket to a man, telling him the ticket was "all right." Prisoner's defence was that he had been made the tool of another man. After a short retirement, the Jury found the accused guilty. The prisoner, who had over 30 previous convictions, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment with hard labour, to he cumulative with the two years' sentence he is at present undergoing. DUNEDIN SITTINGS. By Telegraph—Press Association. DunJdin, November 3. In the Supreme Court, Clarence Bcazlcy pleaded guilty to attempting to procure a noxioiiß thing, knowing the same was to be used for an uulawful purpose. Ho wad • fined £25. industrial' TROUBLES CAUSE NERVOUS TROUBLES. GET DK. WILLIAMS' PIKIv PILLS. In tlies); times of industrial unrest most" people are living in an unnatural condition of nervous excitement. Unless something is done (o correct it the inevitably result will lie n nervous breakdown, an exhaustion of nervous enorgy Hint may take a very serious and unforeseen turn. Neurasthenia is one such result with its accompaniment of worry, irritation, over-sensitiveness and severe liendnclie. It liwnns that the patient lias'lost the power to recover and store up energy. The condition will grow worse if not corrected. 'l'lio treatment is one of nutrition of tlij; nervo cells, requiring a non-nlcoholic tonic. As tho nerves get tlroir nourishment from tho blood, tho treatment must be directed towards building up the blood. Dr. Williams' Pink l'ills act directly on till; blood, and with proper regulation of the diot have proved of tho greatest benefit in many cases of neurasthenia. A tendency to annomia, or bloodlcssncss, shown by most neurasthenic patients, is also corrected by llic-so tonic pills.