JURY DEFIES JUDGE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 418, 30 December 1932, Page 7

JURY DEFIES JUDGE

NEW TRIAL ORDERED "There has been a gross miscarriage of justice such as I have never known in my 32 years' 'experience. The jury have refused to accept the order of the court." This was 'said by Judge GwynneJames at Wincanton (Somerset) County Court recently, when a jury refused to assess damages. The case an action for damages, arose out of an accident in a garage. The jury returned a verdict in the defendants' favour stating that there was contributory negligence by the plaintiff, Judge Gwynne-James, however, ruled that there was no evidenee upon which the jury could reach such a verdict, and when the jury was asked to assess damages they said they were not going to assess any.^

How long1 does it take to smolce a ton of tobacco? It has talien an old Can-terhux-y 1'esident — an inveterate lover of the weed — just 73 years. He commenced to smolce^ when he was 13 years old, is now 86, and is still smoliing! He was a cabin-hoy when he learned to smolce, and for three-quarters of a century has found comfort and solace in lxjs pipe. Anti-to-baccoites declare smolcing shortens life. But there is reason to believe (as in this case) that it often prolongs it. Good and pure tobacco, containing but little nicotine undoubtedly benefits the health because it lessens nervous strain and banishes the "blues." New Zealanders are fortunately in that respect. Our Donlinion tobacco is so pure that many doctors smoke it habitually and recommend it to their patients. It is roasted, and the "bite" taken clean out of it. A more delightful tobacco or a less harmful one the world does not prodtice. The four brands are: — ^Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut 0. 3, Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10.