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THE STEWARD TRAGEDY. Deliberate Crime Inconceivable went into the box and posed as an look for in such a struggle as ne. Dealing with the idea that the export. His words wore a parrot-cused described, namely, disorder Mrs. Proudlock Found Guilty affair was a deliberate, pre-liko repolition of phrases from of furniture or dress and physical
of Murder.
conceived plan of murdering books. One might as well have indication such as scratches, On Friday last a 'special tele-was.
Steward, counsel said that this put the office boy in the box, with braises on both the assail- 20 WORDS $ for 8. Infortiuus, or
incredible, inconceivable, medical text books underlined in ant and the assailed. As gram appeared in the "Hongkong and unthinkablo. Hore they had passages, and have asked him to suming the alleged provosa Tolograph" stating that Mrs. conied, a young girl with her read them out. Had Dr. McGregor tion was found, his Lordship 10 LET.-GROUND FLOOR Proudlook had been found guilty could have planned the deliberate anything more than an automa-that, offered to a virtuous woman, baby face, did they think she satisfied the Court that he was liad no hesitation in saying of murder and sentenced to death. atrocious murder of Steward, as ton? The following are the closing it would have to be planned? Not McGregor's history of the case he Was there anything to show it With regard to Dr. it would be sudden and gravé. details of the trial.
only that, did they believe she was speaking not as an expert was endden? This was difficult Continuing his closing address could have thought out all these, but on absolute faots. Counsel to decide. They had to consider on behalf of the accused, this medical symptoms like on expert? wanted to make his meaning whether there was a mutual ap- afternoon, Thursday, June 15, Counsel submitted it was impos porfectly clear: it was that so far pointment. Mr. Proudlock did Mr. Pooley wont on to suggest sible to imagine such a thing as the expert part of Dr. Mc-not know of the intended visit of that Steward might have heard could decur with absolutely no Gregor's evidence wont it was the deceased. Had it been proved in the Club that Mr. Proudlock motivo. Counsel proceeded to not worth consideration. was dining with Ambler. It consider what offence, if any,
there was a clandestine appoint- was quite conceivable that he had accused committed. Under consider was, did accused know ment been brought home to no- The question the. Court lind toment, and had such an appoint thought in his own mind that he that head he put the following what she was doing at the time cased? The answer was a matter kissed over the dook rail.
The accused then burst into would be graciously received. It questions to the Court: First, she shot doceased? If she did of inference.
tears and the couple embraced and was not uncommon for a man to was this a cold-blooded pre- then, painful as it might be, it make mistakes, and not uncommon meditated plan to do doceased would be the Court's duty to saying at the matter in this way would be conveyed immediately Dairon and Changchun in connection with the Trans-Siberian Express Trains
The Judge announced that a His Lordship suggested look- for a man to be deceived that it to death? Second, did accused that the charge had been proved. was the visit during the hus-to the proper quarter.
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His Lardalup complimented band's absence a mere coincid-
sad with Dairea-Shanghai. Direct Stoxiner Service by the 8.8. "Kobe Mara* accused during the Saturday sudden provocation cause the beon conducted, and the Court acousol communicating with the onaued in the ante-room later.
The accused collapsed on leavud “Saikio Maru" (önch 2,877 tons) as follows: meeting which might burn into death of the person who caused thon adjourned. Steward's brain and make him the provocation? Third, did
NORTH BOUND. deceased after her husband made wish to soo hor again. After docensed commit an assault on
The Judge's Summing-up.- the appointment to dine with capital sentenco into effect will The question of carrying the reviewing the events of Sunday, acansol with intention of com-interval, the Judge summed up ceased in refusing the hospitality the Sultan of Selangor who will On resuming after the luncheon Ambler, was the conduct of de-rest entirely with His Highness Counsel described Stoward's visit. mitling rape? Fourth, did ac before a Court crowded with at Sione and rising abruptly consider the recommendation for On arriving at the house is first cused inflict more harm than was Europeans and natives. question was, "Is your husband necessary for the purpose of
from dinuer, the conduct of a morey with the StateCouncil at Sel- at home?" and his second, "At defence, and if so was sho at the assessora, in arriving at a verdict, a preconcerted appointment? vice of the British Resident of that His Lordship said that the person who had, or had not, angor, acting of course on the ad- what hour will he return? time by reason of unsoundness of must remember three things. On His Lordship suggested that State. Should an appeal bo mado Counsel thought these questions mind incapable of knowing the the one hand, they had a woman's the pointed to the fact that deceased nature of hor set, or that she was honour ni stako; on the other, Steward referred was undoubtedly come before tires or more Judi- appointment to which against the sentence, it would meant to at 'ompt some familiarity doing wrong or contrary to law? they lnd the honour of a dead an appointment he had in his own cial Commissioners, who would with accused. That suggestion was further borno out by the fact say now that accused was insano able to give evidence on his own Proudlook that evening. Deceased fast and law.
Counsel nover said, and did not man at stake, a man who was not mind, that he would call on Mrs. consider the question both as to that deceased told his rickshan before the tragedy or sineo. She behalf. Where the charge was did not on other occasions call coolie to wait at adistance. Why was not suffering from any brain murder, the prosecution must casually after dinner. Accused should he do that? Counsel said disonse. What the defonco said satisfy them beyond all reasonable could not.communicate with the ho did not wish to go again into was that she was deprived of judg- doubt, that accused was guilty of deceased in the Club on Sunday the details of the struggle, but mont and reason temporarily. the offence with which she was evening, because deceased had an To would mention the fact that Thero was abundant evidence to charged. Killing prima facie appointment in mind at Sione that accused found herself in the show that caused was incapable was murder, but the killing must morning. A person often planned dark wrestling with a man. of forming a sound judgment by be done with intention to kill, a visit unknown to the person to
She was an emotional and thinking and reasoning. That or if there was no intention of be visited. hysterical woman and the ten-wasnt tho defonce need show. deney of that type is to magnify
causing death, then the act must Counsel events. She became horrified, man
concluded: "The be an act which was done with
The Degree of Provocation. who exceedingly horrified and not only attack
niakos such en the intention of causing bodily
The Judgo continuod that if isa injury and the bodily injury they found there was an appoint horrified but mad with terror and brute benst, in fact, lower than a must be suflicient in the or-ment, they must find there was did not know what she was doing.beast, because the boast is a clean-dinary course of nature to cause
making of such appointment con- Counsel submitted that the factly thing. He is a anako. that it was all in the darkness should no more hesitate to kill opinion that accused had 10 iWhat was the probable object of NOTICE is hereby given that the
One death. So that if they wero of sistent with a modest character. was a very considerable factor: mok a noxious animal than one tention of causing death, they withtho alleged attempt to ravish? ERNST SCHULDT and SCHELTO Accused'e evidence had boon should a snake. I ask you in the must accept implicitly her state-
making it? Was that compatible quite consistent. Was it to be name of all that is manly; all that ment that she had no such inten-Arrived at this stage, if there was SWART in the Firm of SCHULDT
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Dairen, Port Arthur, Makdon, Fushan sad Changchun, all under the Com- the wounds. Counsel suggested and obnoxious thing, most repul- of causing bodily injury. If they absence of self-control. They Hongkong. 10th June, 1911. that the first wound was that on sive to her and to all right-mind-were satisfied that under normal deprivation lasted for the whole
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killing, or was done with the in-of private defence of the body, when he relaxed his embrace she
The Prosecution's Reply. tention of causing bodily injury, he asked, did the woman do more fired again wounding him in the
Mr. Rhodes said that this was and suel injury was sufficient to harm than necessary for the pur- breast. It was impossible to say
a painful caso for all parties, a cause death, his Lordship would pose of protecting her person?
In the case of the third excep how all the six wounds were case which in this part of the suggest that in that case the prose-
world was the only one of its cution had convinced them beyond tion, they had to draw the line Accused's Story Consistent.
kind. He hoped the Court would reasonable doubt that prima facie between insanity as known to law, not think it unbecoming of him if}
it was a murder, It was open to and hysteria or loss of self-control, Mr. Polos reviewed accuse i's to thanked them for a patient accused to say, "That is all vory or loss of reason, or loss of mastery story subsequent to the struggle. hearing. Counsel drew attention well, but I am in a position to of understanding, She told them she know nothing to several points. It accused in certain exceptions, which the there was not a little of evidence- of what occurred after firing the killed deceased, the question was
say that I can bring myself with- Concluding, the Judge said Colleton, but had a faint re-not so much, did she murder law says will acquit me of mur to prove that there was a liaison TENDERS are faritol for the lowo Agente: MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. collection of firing the second Steward, but why, if she killed minor offence of culpablo homi- The assessors must make up their fom 1st January, 1912, as eat out! der and reduce my charge to the between accused and deceased. STATE OF NORTH BORNEO shot. It WAS moment suggested
him, was not that killingmurder? cide not amounting to murder." minds whether this woman had heresader :- that no It was incumbent on accused to f accused was setting up that brought herself within any of the auch disease as hysteria existed, prove that she had not done mur defence, the onus was on her, as exceptions that would acquit her of the Gor.rament Boorotary, Sands- nor suggested that hysteria did der. Counsel suggested that the much as the onus was on the pro- of the charge of murder. He fi-kan up to 12 o'clock Noon on t not proceed from troubles of the first shot in Stoward's breast was socution, to satisfy them that it/ished by quoting authority to the|day of October, 1911, for the parchese
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nature accused suffered from; one deliterate. That Stoward then was more likely in look for hysteria grappled with accused but turn was a case of murder. in subjects like accused. Counseled and ran, accused shooting him
effect that an accused person could of the exclusive privileges of the Farm did not baso his defence on the in the nape of the neck thon
Three Lines of Defence. be convicted of murder without enumerated below for a period of.1, 2 principle that all things are pos- following him and shooting him that the defence had taken thres
His Lordship went on to say the necessity of proving a motive, or 3 years commenting on the 1st
The Sentence-Painful Scene. January, 1912.. sible but put it on higher grounde, again. Could the Court believe that lines. The first was based upon
The Court considered in public under the annual sum offered for the The tenderer met state is his It seemed to counsel that accused's that net of accused standing over exception ong to section 300 of for three minutes and then the fam rent for the the three years 1912, story had been clearly and consis-deceased and contemplating him the Penal Code. The second line Judge asked Mr. Wise: Have 1918 and 1914; a different sam may be tently told, and to be discarded for two or three minutes, and was based on exception two to the you considered your verdict on offered for the first, second and third there must be evidence to show then firing, was the net of a woman same section. The third line was the charge of murder? impossible, suffering from a loss of self-control that of insanity, based on section
years respoetively The prices offered Telephone 174. Mr. Wise: My verdict is that the separate yours should be framed anything There seemed no reasonable doubt 84 of the Penal Code. Dealing she is guilty. The Judge put the on a sliding sa le according to the to show that it was impos that deceased was alive before with those, his Lordship quoted same question to Mr. Kindersley number of coolies. The tenderer mast
On the contrary it had the fired the second series of shots. homicide is not murder if an
the first ozception. been shown that it was possible. Counsel described accused's con-offender who is deprived of self- His Lordship seemed much affect-each separato Varin.
Culpable and he said: I concur.
Io olily state the proportion of Counsel did not say there was duct subsequent to the shooting control by grave and sudden pro-ed aud, after using smelling solta itrelf to accept the highest or any tender. The Judge said: I concur. the amount of the Itent to be allotted to brain disease; he did not say there was anomia of the brain, but 1,708 due to contrition and remorse; vocation, kills any other person said:Ethiol Mabel Proudlock, and nerves to itarit the right of msk- by mistake, accident, etc. The the assessors have found you ing ny singements it may deem go into domentis, which would ac
provocation, his Lordship said, guilty of the offence of which you advisable as reganis the lelting of count for the actions. It did not evidence, counsel said that that tarily provoked, as an excuse for verdict. Lave you puytlung to
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The Judge: Do I understand you have nothing to say?
Accused nodded as if stricken. The Judge: The sentence of
the revolver sho would havo con-but he would not admit that such Dealing with the first question, tinued to pull the trigger. She disease constituted insanity. his Lordship said the alleged pro may have continued to pull the Could that gentleman support his vocation was the attempted rape, the Court upon you is that you trigger after the cartridges were opinion by referring to a single A strong point in favour of the hung by the neek until you be exlmusted: Theevidence of acous instance in his own personal ex-accused was that, within a short dead, and God Almighty have ed was not directly contradicted. perionce or in the authorities? time and at the earliest oppor-mercy on your soul. The medical evidenco was ab No, he could not. Witness did ianity, she made a complaint of The accused's father slipped solutely consistent with the fact not give his evidence in such a alleged assault to her husband out of court and returned with that she did what she did during way as the Court was entitled to and Mr. Ambler, The Judge theliusband who had been waiting a time of hysteria,
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