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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 158, 24 February 1903, Page 4

A Texas judge was robbed of a horse not long ago, and the thief, being arrested, was brought before him for trial. The judge eyed the prisoner with deep satisfaction for a minute or so, and then delivered himself of the following :—“Owing to a personal prejudice the court will not hear this case. It will be tried by 7 the bailiff, who will find a verdict in accordance with the facts. In the meantime, he added, impressively 7, “tbe court will go outside and find a rope and pick out a good tree.” Professor Gates, one of the Government scientists, claims to have discovered that every mood and thought of the human brain has a relatively corresponding colour in the chromatic scale, and believes that he has devised an apparatus to demonstrate it. In the experimental apparatus a; person breathes through a glass tube into a jar containing a chemical solution, which, it is asserted, changes according to tbe varying emotions. The invention, if •successful, will be of great value in tbe treatment of mental diseases, and also to criminologists. Truth and falsity having corresponding colours, criminals could be tested, to discover whether their statements were trustworthy.