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WOMEN JURORS.
A DIFFICULT SITUATION,
The question of women jurors hear- ing cases of an unsavoury character was raised in a claim for damages for alleged slander heard in the King's Bench Division.
ODDS AND ENDS.
MAINLY ECÍSSORS LOOT.
THE CHINA. MAIL.
Horotum Won't Pay Gas Bills.
Colonel Sherwood Kelly, V.C., who
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was court-martialled in 1910 for writing letters to the Press about the military situation in North Rosein, summoned at Windsor for moapayment of his gas bill. He said that he was practically insolvent ow ing to his wounds preventing him from getting work, nd that he was at present in hospital awaiting on operation. He and his wife had only his passion. The Magistrates adjourn- ed the ca o for three months, in con- sideration of his war service. Stainlons Process.
Sheffield metallurgists has die POLICE COURT PUBLICITY, covered a process of making
LAWYERS IN FAVOUR.
Lawyers with long experience endorse the views of Metropolitan magistrates that the present system of allowing reporters in Londen police Mr. William Nelson, Kannington- courts to inspect cha police road, S.E., was the plaintiff; the def charge shorts, for the purpose of Badant being Mr. James Moir (Gunnet ascertaining the names and addrasses Moir), ol Loughborough-road, Brix-of persons charged, abould not be ton, S.W., the heavy-weight boxer, interfered with.
litan police, directs that the charge sheats are not to be shown to the Press without the permission of the magistrates.
Mr. Neleon alleged that Mr. Moir A new order issued by General accused him of committing an offence Horwood, Commissioner of Metrops with his (Moir's) son, now 18. The deferica was a denial that the words complained of were spoken. Privilege was also pleaded and Mr. Moir counter-claimed for damages.
The jury included three women. Mr. F. C. W. Wernick, for Mr. Neleon, said it was not. desirable that women should have to bear the case
il they did not wish to sit on the jury. Mr. Lewis Thomas, K.C., for Mr. Moir, said the case would be more satisfactorily tried from the point of viaw of both parties if the suggestions of counsel weto acted upon.
Mr. Justice MeCardia: If women are to gain a knowledge of the actual facts of life, as many desire to do, it might be as well that they should realise some of the grim questions that arise in the actual working of the
courts.
Sir Harry Poland, the doyen of the English Bar, whose experience of criminal law and public trials extends over 70 years, said the essence of the administration, of justice depended upon.publicity.
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"Practically,Sir Harry-Poland concluded. "In this country there no real fear of anything being done by police or magistrates to impair the principle of publicity of trials.
Mr. Harry Wilach, a solicitor with an important practice in the Lenden courts, said he thought there ought to be no secrecy about the names and addresses ut persons charged, and as a matter of practice he did not think there was. I have known a can to be called as No. 21 on the list, the name of the prisoner not being Mr. Lewis Thomas: At present mentioned, but that was years age. they have not the experience of the I am sure each a thing would not be world of misle jurors
countenanced by magistrates the Mr. Justice Micardie Those who present day. take the higher view may hope that, Reporters resist strong appeals to they will never arquise that know them to keep casee out of the papera ledge which would be got from a case, I remember a man of some import of this kind.
auce who had come into conflict with the police and was so distressed that be offered the reporters £1,000 il they would keep the case out of the pepers but to their honour they reforad,”
others remained,
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article of any metal stainless by the deposit of a film of chromium, the same method being adopted as is employed in electro deposition of silver known as electroplate. It is
thus posible to make a knife of ordinary steel stainless without the employment of stainless steel, whik
MAIL WEEK NEWS.
Earl Bestty was stated to bave made a complete recovery from the offenta of his motor car accident near |
Guildford on October 21.
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The police warn -pumple againes windlers who are trying to get money on the pretext of helping a relative detained in a Spanish prison.
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BOXER IN TEARS.
GUNNER MOIR SUED.
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ACTION FOR SLANDER.
Gunner Moir, the boxer, gave further evidence in the King's Banch Division in mail werk in the nation for damages for slander brought against bias by Mr. William Nelson, a mortor carriage lamp maker, of Bir Benjamin Robertson, late Indian Kennington road, 8.E. Mr. Nelson Civil Service, is to be a member of the complained that Gunner Moir, who Conncil of India in the vacancy creatives in Loughborough-road, Brixton, od by the retuement of Sir Murray S.W., bad scouted him of unnatural Hammick.
relations.with James Charles Albert Moix, a son of Gunner Mair, then aged 17, and employed by Mr. Nelson. There was a counterolnim by Gunner Moir, who alleged that Mr. Nelson had induced the boy to leave home and live with him.
British soldiers in the Rhine Army are bowling over uino-pius in ́stern practice just now each determined to basome champion skittler of the Army of Occupation.
A suggestion that stepa should be taken to prevent old and worn out taxicabs from plying for hire in London was made at the London County Council meeting
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Ganner Moir, in the course of cross-examination became faint and asked for a glass of water.
Me. Justice McCardle aitanged for Moir to be seated and stopped the proseedias for some minutes.
Gunner Moir, leaning on the edge of the witness-box, gave way to sobe. Looking at his boy saated in court, he cried: Come home, sonny. Come home, bay.”
is a somewhat expensive form if at 3 in Hyde Park without a permit, ex because of the employment of Police Tospector John Syme was at chromium and other allova in the Marlborough-street Polica Court (ned actual process of steel making. Lees 13 or 14 days' imprisonment.
Guzzer Moir again gave way to sabs when asked if he had aver chromium, which is a somewhat dear
The Mediterranean destroyer known Mr. Nelson de a disbonourable alloy, is used in the new proccas. Jar Language.
dotilla, kcown as the 7th flotilla, in: for mean thing in his life. "Ob, it is! now divided into two groups, which terrible," he meaned. "Let my boy will henceforta be known as the 7th
everything." and 8th flotillas, each having five come homa and 1, will · forgiva destroyers.
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The wife of a Kimberly diamond buyer went to Holpin, on the River Diggings, for a holiday diguing dia monde. She uncarthed a diamond weighing 38 carats, which she sold
The English language is spoken by The more people than any other. number of people who speak English exceeds 150 million. Next comes German, which is spoken by 120 mil. lion; then Russian, by 90 million, and then French, by 60 million. The Englab language is said to consist of 700,000 words, but nearly half of thass are either obsolete or scientific terms, seldom need in conversation or writing. On the basis of the Lord's Prayer, it--has-been-calculated that nine-toothe of our words are of Saxonhibited at a Birmingham show recent origin, but according to other estim.y was a large Indian red bloom named ates four out of every six of our words Lloyd George." Mr. Neville Cham: berlain, the Postmaster-General, won "came over with the Conqueror."
two prize Liner's Mid Ocean Catch.
During her voyage to Liverpool from New York, the Cunnid liner
Seythis," encountered a large flock of birds about 400 miles from the American shore. had been blown out to sea by the high It is thought they winds during migration from North to South Ameries.
Hundreds of birds
for £1,200.
One of the chrysanthemume ex-
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When James Pearce was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment at Car marthen, for stealing clothing from farmhouse, it was stated that when
nightdress he had stolen. arrested he was weating a woman's
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Mr. Werninok (Br, Moir's counsel) (to Mr. Justic MeCardic): I don't pro pose to ask any further questions of witnese.
**Let my boy come home, Oh, it's wicked," oried Gunnse Moir. I have had some fights in my life, but this is terrible," he moaned, holding his hands to his head.
Mr. Justice McCardie asked the
usher to help Gunner Moir from the witness-box, but observing that the Moir he dirested that Moir should be usher bad some difficulty in supporting
Iaft seated in the witness-box till he recovered. Later ho was able to leave the box and told the judge he was feeling all right.
Mrs. Grace Victoria Moir, the wife Gunner Moir, said she had been married 19 years. There were five children.
While describing a visit she had For kicking and striking Councillor alighted on the deck, including wild E: A. Clifton, a member of the Bices paid to Nelson's shop Mrs. Moir, who Canaries, and there owls. The pigcona ter, Oxfordshire, Fire Brigade, who had been given a seat in the witness- were captured, but a number of the refused to carry out his orders during box and bad shown considerable Bical birds died from exhaustion a fire, Archibald Busby, a farmer, of nervousness, broke down and cobbed Some of the birds made themselves at Wrotoliwick, near Bicester, was filed bitterly. home in the ship's garden lounges, fl. which contain trees, and shrubs. A number wore still flying about the
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The public examination in bank- Turning to the women furors, Mr.
liner when she reached Liverpool and raptey of Horatio Bottomley, now at Justice McCardie said: The question
had become so tamos they would take Wormwood Scrubs Prison undergoing st issue in this case involves ques-
food from passengers' fingers.7 years penal servitude for his tions which even men hesitate to
Coylon's Tower of Silence: Victory Bond Club frauds, will, The diacuas among themselves. If the women of the jury prefer that their:
Perhaps very few in the island, Daily Mail understande, be ad- places be taken by men I will assent, Greenwich Police Court, said the of the existence of a tower which
Mr. Disney, the magistrate at says the Ceylon Observer, are aware journed, to their request:~~~~
One of the women at ance left the charge sheets were entirely under the sixty years ago was know as the Lord Derby, Secretary for War, his jury box and the court, but the two control of the magistrate, and the Tower of Silence. This tower stands received from General Hanye Yaman
police authority had no right what is a land; about balf on aore in extent ashi, Minister for War in Japaa, Mr. Justice McCardie: I have a ever to interfers in any way with the and situated at Blomendabl. The cablegram assuring him of his inten very high respect for the courage of disposal or ure la which the court tower, was built about sixty years tipo to maintain and strengthen the might pat them. Sumetimes it was go by certain Parser gentlemen, with friendly ties which unite the armies Mr. Justice McCardin then marked objectionable to publish an address a view to lying the corpses of the of the two countries. in pencil certain atatements in the or name, especially where very Parsee community for the wild birda pleadings and handed the pap rate young persons were charget. There to destroy. When arrangements had
Both raid that if they were very rare cases in which a been completed, the authorii a telegram from Holland stating that were called at all they ought to sit ours or some other person might stepped forward and informed the ex-King Constantine was in Paris and the jury whatever the case was.
be subjected to terrorism or black Paraca community that it was not was being joined by Qea Sophie mail if a name or address were given. possible to allow them to expore who was travelling from Holland via In those cases ha bad always found their dead to the "fowle of the air," Legs, but the French Foreign Office the presentatives of the Fress mot het permitted them to confine their knew nothing about it. ronsiderate and that they appreciated dead in the cavity under the tower.
these two women,
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During further evidence. Mra. Moir again showed signa of nervous tension and afterwards fainted, falling heavily in the corner of the witness-box. Gunner Moir came to her help and; lifting her in his sims, placed her in the gangway. A woman friend bath d her forehead, and at, Mr. Justice Mc- Cardio's suggestion brandy was fetched. Some ten minn'es elapsed before Mrs. Meir secovered. She con cluded ber evidence seated.
Mr. Justice McCardie, avmming up,
said there was no evidence that any person ever saw Mr. Nelson behaving improperly. As in the Divorce Court cavelusions must be drawn-from-all- the circumstances. The jury would require to bave regard to the presenta made by Nelson to the boy, sa'd to have included a gold watch, a ring, and a diamond breast pin, a d to the evidence that wherever they wat they occupied the same bedroom and
anally the same bed.
Dealing with the counterclaim, his Said to have sent another man in lordship asid that never before in his
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Mr. Justice M.Cardie; There is a question as to how far it is wine to mai! tain the ideal of many men that women are parez nad mare dignified the reasons why such information in the tower of Silence at Blomen his place when he could have had experiense on the Bench and at the in the oyce of mea if they are ignorant of the grʻm facis-of-lifo-to should not be published.
For tinse and analogous reasons," not more half a dozen burials, and work, Robert Sampson, furnaceman, Bar bat he earn a counterclaim for which I have referred. Do you both concluded Mr. Disney, "and these for the last thirty years this little was sentenced to three months' im the enticing away of a. son. desire to remain whatever the coonly, will I consent to a paina being cemetery has not been made use of. { prisonment at Sheffield for obtaining generally a daughter that was con
One of the Women Jurors: Yes. suppressed. Whenever I reside in It is learnt that the Colombo £11 in food tickets and relief from the orned in such a claim.
The jury, which included two wo- Mr. Justice McCardie told women court the Press may see the sheeta Kunicipality proposes acquiring this Guardians by false pretences.
men, returned a verliet for, Mr. in the body of the court that if they provided that no inconveniento block of lard, and demolishing the
Preparations are being made in Nelson, and awarded £500 damages. felt it their duly to main they caused to the busierra of the court. Tower of Silence.
Ireland for a whisky war, in which the They also returned a verdict would do so without his disapproval, and until that privilegu i bed
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Dublin Government hopes to take n for Mr. Nelson oz Gunner Moh's Of three women in court two left. shall never changa by making any
After experimenting for two years band by revising the duties, so that counterclaim. The case was then proceeded with. contrary order."
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oil lamp that for yeare has been part "I did not know what they meant
Judgment was entered accordingly. Mr. Wynn Weralnok, for Mr. Nelson, oaked for a perpitaal injune- tion against Gunner Moir repeating the slander.
Mr. Justice MóCardio I say
of the night patrolman's outfit. The by Beaver, and when I asked a crowd, nothing as to whether I agree, with dow lamp is of an ingenious type: got round and they all shouted the jury or not. In the exercian of which can be stached to the button, Beaver' and 'I got annoyed." my discretion I decline to grant the hale of a constabies' tapio and con This was the plaintive explanation injunction... nected with the battery carried ia as of an old man with a bushy beard Mr. E. Lewis Thomas, K., for inside po Let by means of a short who was fined a shilling at the Guild Gunnor, Moit, seled for a stay of er wire. The lamp is a great improve hall for being drunk and disorderly.ecution panding appeal. meat on its pred-cessor, and is slight
Mr. Justice McCardie granted the y lighter. It is much clearer, and, Mr. Henry W. Taunt, F.RGS, application, but imposed tho, condi ives out no smell or heat. Its well known for his books, photo- tion that, Gunner Moir should pay introduction will do away with the graphs, and lantern slides of Oxford £200 into court within 14 days, and necessity for wearing a belt the bate and the Thames, has died at his home. that the costs should be taxed. noir of the policeman. The oil lamp Riviera, Oxford, a few days after was always attached to this heavy celebrating his 80th birthday, Mr. | leather - waistband. The light is a Taunt was a great lover of the Thames, powerful one; it is cheaper that oil, and he lived for many yeara în ca || and the battery can be recharged in a houseboat upon it
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