TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
HAYLEY MORRISS.
DECISION, OF COURT OF "APPEAL.
SENTENCE. TO: STAND;
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London, Fab... 1. The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed the appeal of Hayley Morriss and his wife.
The male accused only appealeɖi
New Bylderice.
This is a highly technical, legal point, for like the question of legal insanity, there is a wide divergence- of opinion on the subject And against the argumenta that she
Mr. Justice Avory went even farther than that, and said that, in against that part of his sentence his opinion, Mrs. Roberts was not consisting of one year's imprison-the only party to the deception.
ment without hard labour...
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was physically unft there must be AT HELENA MAY INSTITUTE put the opinion of the learned
transfer to the Head Office judge who openly stated: in court
An intimate acquaintance of in Landon, Mr. RK. HEPBURN | that he who convireed char chhe island of Heligoland, which Prince Charles of Rumania. weit has been appointed Manager of last minute finess of Mrs. Roberts was the subject of much Allieding in the Evening News," re-the Hoogkong Branch of This was a very cunning scheme to discussion after the war and the veals an astounding inner story of Company as from This Date.. ticular time. avoid taking her trial at that par- fortifications and harbour of the Prince's romance and renuncia- which were demolished as the ton of Bis connection with the
G. H. ELLIOTT: place is useless..except for the Royal Family. He describes Zizi Hongkong, ist February, 1926, purpose of naval base, was the Lambrinu (the Moldavian girl to subject of a lecture at the Helena whom he was first married) as an May Institute yesterday evening. accomplished. vivid
complexion- The lecture was given by Mr.ed beauty, and a charming com- and Mrs. Warren, of No. 29, The panion. The Prince, then a loose Peak, who lived for some time on Himbed, impulsive youngster, met the island, Mr. Warren being em- Zia! accidentally in Switzerland. ployed there when demolition and was a victim of love at first. work was carried out, following sight. Versailles. Pictures of the island the signing of the Treaty of
were screened, the lantern being Shellshear. manipulated by Professor J.
and that there had been some aort
@justice.
Hayley Morriss was sentenced conspiracy to defeat the ends of to two years with hard labour for having committed offences against girls under sixteen years of age He was further sentenced to twelve
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He declared that he was the fact that he would lose the determined to marry her, despite
throne.
That Sir Henry Curtis Bonnett and Sir Travers Humphreys, two of the most eminent and respected months without hard labour on the us to such a conspiracy was
mon at the bar. could lend them cther counts, und crdered to pay a
obviously not to be thought of, and sum not exceeding w thousand pounds for the costs of the pro-ho presumed that they had been the judge went on to explain that
The marriage which subsequent The sentences are to decafved in their instructions." secution.
ly was ruled technically legal yun consecutively. His wife was
The Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, K.C., occurred secretly at Odessa, prior Sir Henry protested that this the Attorney-General, welcomed to Rumania's entry into the war. Sentenced Lo nine months with
was not so, and the judge then Mr. and Mrs. Warren, and intro- after which the German everran hard, labour.
went on to remark that it might duced them to the audience. Rumania. Nevertheless, during even be that Mrs. Roberts had
Ms. Warren, gave an interest-hie country's deepest peril tho "feigned an illness which even de-ing utline of the history of the Prince's infatuation caused him to It is on the new evidence that her island, and described the life of visit enemy territory, for the pur- advisers hope that the sentence of
the Islandara. She said the popu-pose of seeing Zizi, resulting in. nine months hard labour passed Friesians, and mentioned many of ceration by his own regiment.
lation of 2,000 consisted of his immediate arrest and incar upon Mrs. Robarts will be quashed their customs and gave an exhaus-Only his Royal rank prevented his altogether, as it is not being augtive account of their lives and gested that the punishment was in
habits. any way unduly harsh..
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PROBABLE POINTS IN THE APPEAL.
Question of New Evidence.
The appeal of Hayley Morries and his wife-still referred to in all she, documents of the case. & Madeleine
ceived her own medical advisers,”
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The appeal of Morriss is based Roberts against the on the grounds that if his wife was sentences passed upon them by unfit to stand her trial, then he Mr. Justice Avory at the Sussex auffered from such disadvantages not decided upon as arose out of his wife not being Assizes, wr, M. without earnest consideration and put into the witness-box, where grave appreciation of all the cir- her evidence would have been cumstances and possibilities in favourable him.
to
This has connection with auch appeal, saya į the "World's Pictorial News" of January 2, which continues:-
Although Mr. Justice Avery in his summing-up referred to the ""threat" of an appeul to the Higher Court contained in the closing *peeches of both counsel for the defence-Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, for Mrs. Roberts, and Mr.. Roland Oliver, KC... for Morriss It WHE understood by those who had followed the legal
Did Morriss Suffer? proceedings that only in the event, of there being very strong grounds sufficient reason for the "upset But whatever may be urged a both on points of law and the calling" of the sentences. it must be ing of fresh evidence would such appeal be made.
Singe. the sentence,
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She mentioned that it was custom to display the wedding presents in the streets the day before the ceremony, and pointed out that: custom was similar to that in vogue in China. ..
execution as a deserter.
The Prince, obviously, was mad with love, and acted under a per- verted Idealism, believing military honour well lost on behalf of his
!beloved!
Prince realised the hopelessness of During his imprisonment the
Mr. Warren said that we gave reasserting his prestige unless he up Heligoland because its upkeep monarchy was restored he re-enter- abandoned Zizi, and when the aroused further speculation as to whether or not the wife will be kept it, owing to its being such a annulment of the marriage
was expensive, and even had weed the army and consented to the called upon to enter the witness-long way from England; we box when the appeal of her hus would have had to evacuate it in Feverish zest, and became a dar- Ho then took up fying with band is heard,
the event of war. The Germans ing airman and leader of Rumanian were eager to get it in order to youth; but he repeatedly declared make it a spent a large sum of money in valour performed in
fortified base, and that only deeds of unexampled war could doing so. They fired one shot wipe out the blot on his career from it during the war, but they claimed that they were justified in their expenditure. They look ed upon it as a protection for the war, it was found that mines were mouth of the Elbe, but during the more efficacious.
It may also be urged that Morrise atood to suffer if, as was suggested by the judge, when the application for postponement of the trial was made two days be fore it was due to open, he was tried by himself.
remembered that Mr. Justice Avory is one of the keenest criminal however, lawyers on the Bench, and when there have been many consulta he began his summing up, he was tions between the respective legal well aware of all that might arise advisers of both parties, and after the Court of Appeal, and made giving due weight to all the even-his comments in spite of what had bualities it was decided to lodge an been asid. appeal and the necessary stepя were taken.
The Woman's Health,
The sequel will be awaited with considerable interest by lawyers and public alike for seldom has In consequence, this case, which more interest been displayed in the has aroused such interest through-outcome of any appeal than in that. out the country an account of the
of Hayley Morries and his wife. wealth and position of the leading character in it, will be before the courts once more, when Hayley Morriss and his pretty wife appear- before the judges at the Court of Criminal Appeal some time early in February.
The fact that men with such ex-
OBITUARY.
MR. R. H. B. MITCHELL,
News
Was
a
perience of the law as Sir Henry Colony yesterday of the death of received in the Curtis Bennett and Sir Travers Mr. R. H. B. Mitchell, who had Humphreys, not to mention Mr.been for about eleven years em- Roland Oliver, a younger, but not "ployed in the offices of the Hong less keen lawyer, should have de- kong and Whampoa Dock Co., cided on this course le significant; Ltd., Kowloon, and who was for it is not likely that they would well-known and highly respected overlook the grim possibility that member of the European com. their clients might easily-in munity. accordance with the power of the Appeal Court judges suffer an increase of sentence rather than a quashing of that passed upon
them.
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The late Mr. Mitchell came to the Colony some 28 years ago as manager for H. Price and Co.. now Messrs. Gande Price and Co.
When it was decided to de- molish the fortifications, 2,000 Germans were employed. It was said that the work would take seven years, but it was completed in under two years.
born the old romance irresistibly. Even after his son Michael was
lured him, causing an increasing estrangement with Princess Helene affected, and who, it is believed, of Greece, whose eyesight is
going blind
It was hoped that visits to England, where Princess Helene and their son Michael were resid- ing, would produce a realisation of his ebligations as Crown Prince;
Michael, a sturdy, blue-eyed boy,
but Charles was not enthusiastic, Mr. Warren explained how the and all representations, were use cations were blown to pieces, and will be final. harbour, guns, and other forthless. The present. renunciation mentioned that during one violent storm a caisson weighing 1,800 tons which had been sunk into the sea was moved à distance of 13 feet.
He explained that at times there were
60 submarines at Heligoland, and showed a number of slides depicting the extent of the fortifications,
shows indications of growing up every inch a king, and is likely to succeed before reaching maturity.
Charice is at present residing in
Italy, Zizi refused £700,000 to consent to the annulment of the marriage, but later accepted a pen- ion. She resides in retirement in
Rumania.
It is rumoured days, the Vienna correspondent of "The Star," that Prince Charles is seeking a divorce with the object of re-marrying Zizi.
The audience showed intense in terest in the lecture, and Mr. and hearty vote of thanks at the close.hid revived affection for whom Mrs, Warren were accorded સ
FUNERAL.
LATE MR. D. A. G. ALISON.
eaused bis abdication,
A further sensation has been enused in. Bucharest by the signation of the Minister for War
· (General G. Mardarescu), after the revival of aecusations of irregu larities in connection with the de- livery of Fokker war planes.
Sensational revelations are ex-
Crowds of visitors were seen,
at every temple and shrine in Tokyo famed for bringing, good, luck, and offerings to sacred places year amount to an enormous sum. during the first three days of the
Alison of the staff of the Hong Charles's name was mentioned The funeral of Mr. D. A. G. It is recalled that Princs kong Engineering and Construct when the charges were firat made. ion Company, Ltd., who died at against General Mardarestu. After some And when one taxes into ron- Hongkong with the firm, he went Coronation Road, Mongkak, on pected."
years of service in his residence 8, West View, sideration the popular feeling that to Tientsin. Mr. Justice Avory was right in his considerable time, returning later at Happy Valley Cemetery
where he spent a Saturday, took place last evening stern condemnation of the parts to Hongkong and taking up w post played by the two. prisoners, and with the Hongkong and Whampoa Andrew's, Kowloon) officiated at The Rev. G. E. Arrowsmith (St. that the sentence was light in com- Dock Company. parison with the crimes of which
the grave side. they were found guilty, it must be
The late Mr. Mitchell left Hong- The coffin was borne to the apparent that counsel would not kong about seven months ago, grave by members of the 38th have been led into advising the up-down, and he has passed away ating many years ago served with suffering from a nervous break-Battery, R.A, the deceased hav- pent unless they were certam that either on points of law or on the residence of his sister, Mrs. the Artillery both in India and in account of the fresh evidence they Higgs, at Newbury, Berkshire, Hongkong could produce they would be sure with whom he had resided since of getting the sentences quashed his return,
Mr. W. W Hirst (as principal MacNider and family, Mr. and Thus it is that the greatest in- Deceased was well known and mourner), Mr. 1.. Gain (Manager Mrs. A. W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. terest is being displayed in legal highly respected in the Colony, of the Hongkong Engineering and G. T. Bird, Mrs. Woolley and and other circles as to the precise and took much interest in local Construction Company), Mr. family, Mr. and Mrs. Spary, Mr. grounds on which the appeal will sport For many years he was, B.-C. Cook (Secretary of the and Mrs. A. Grant, Inspector and Secretary of the Victoria Recrea Company), Messrs. Frank Smith, Mrs. C.. Aris and family, Mr. and It la understood that the main tion Club, and he was largely re- A. W. Smith, J. Landolt, H. L. Mrs G. May, Mr and Mrs. point of law which will be raised sponsible for founding the Kow-Stainfield, J. White, J. C: Pretcher, A W Bliss and family, Mr. and is that concerning the health of loon Football Club. A host of JC. Saunders, W. Mason, J. Mrs. N. Blake, Mr. and Mrs. B. Mrs Roberts at the time of the friends, particularly those in the Smith, Inspector, Blake Captain White, Mr and Mrs W. M. trial. It will be urged that, in spite aporting circles of the Colony, will R. D. Thomas and Captain Walker Mason, Mr. and Mu, J. W. of all that the learned judge said regret to hear of his death. (4.8. Kwangtung) in this connection, the female He was unmarried, and about prisoner was in fact not in a fit 52 years, of age.
be made.
physical condition for her to stand her trial, and, therefore, the fact that she was compelled to do so by the judge's ruling, on this point was as injustice in law. The new evidence which will be called will be, further medical evidence to sup port this plea.
For this purposty special state ments have been taken from doc tors and solicitors who saw Mrs,
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