The Judges on the Effects of Drinking.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1670, 29 March 1886, Page 3

The Judges on the Effects of Drinking.

'Chtefr i\istice Coleridge :-"I can keep hp VcVfos with iVice that fills Sour g^.014- — that destroys the comfort b* iioif&f ftifthe ".foeW; S>fclthe)e: IBlanaß. Mr Justice Fry : — " The calendar (at StaflbrjlJJ^Ukiß/sb'HantyJ Others which come before the Judges of eTfrenects of drink m tins country, and ought to make everyone ask himself^fh^e^queMtioS'^Aife W using our influences to the utmost to diminisb^rlhp |fipui-oe of evil and juisery. fa It was difficult to jjay now happy a iiio^.i.^b^^ty l ,and,providence v amqng theJo^^«iaß.SjOfpeopl,4.'^ ,^.i ■■■-, ■■''. Mr^^Djltices Hawkins ,appeale<l to the^emberw pf the (Jrand 7 Jury not on|^^t:ejpresß as .far as possible .the crigi^ ($.; drunkenness, but ajso;; to bring -tfeeir.'. influence, to bearf ; ijp«n thos| 0 ff^p i druukeanehH. It 'was a very serious: matier, and -he opinjoji^thijiioth. those who indulged m Jhf'ioaneful and .pernicious s , vice and those who encouraged it ibould De.But,do.W/n,V!itb,; a strong hancl., : « {;] Mv Justice Denman had otlenmentionediaudrbe didnot knQ.wrth^ho coulcl;y 4p better- ithan mentipn ; it again,- a. # jnpsixtrtemarkajble < instance of ftie conneqtfe&«l*tween , of dncea of violent -and,.- excessive: . drinking. On ? on^ l oc(^BiQn> m- *npriih(staiCpJ» n * ty» ,he had '.to try- a (of si«ty-thrce-jprispnerfi', put^ of iwiiich thjrty«ix were charged ,with offences: of violence, fpj*^ -aaurder .downwards^ thei^.beingtno Jess, thaq si*; riiurxler«re fo4^ ? ? these tbii^tysix.* ?:fjur. !evejcy -t siiigle r|case;,,;not indirectly bjlfc\dirißctly,«hese'Qffeh6eH were :^ttributedt'to exoessivb drinking. f,.-, : J ' *,',.-/,;r'h':i>---pi ■■■■.■