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July 24, 1939.
Mother of Gassed Twins Freed Parade Before
Judge Says "You Have Been Punished Enough
WHEN 27-YEAR-OLD Mrs. Doris Perkins, of Nottingham, appeared at Nottinghamshire Assizes recently charged with murdering her three-month-old twins by gassing them while they were in a perambulator, a plea of guilty to infanticide was accepted.
Mr. Justice, Oliver said to her: "I cannot think of you as a criminal but only as an exceedingly unfortunate young woman. I am not going to send you to prison.
"I shall not even bind you over with so excellent a character. This dreadful thing is before you and you have been punished enough. The sentence will be one day's imprisonment, which means your immediate free- dom."
Took Car To End His Life
THE story of a Cambridge under- graduate who, because, he had failed in hla examination, took away professor's car and tried to gas him self with exhaust fumes was told at Cambridge recently.
Hugh Mure Gennill (19), a first year undergraduate of Emmanuel College, whose home address was given as Woodbourne Road, Edgbas- ton, Birmingham, was charged with taking away the car of Professor 1. S, Hutton and driving it without be- Ing. Insured.
P. C. Brookbank, of Herningford Grey, Tunis,, said he HOW Gennill about midnight with the car which he Identified as the one reported stolen. Gennill gaid to him. "Teli me where the nearest police station is. I have stolen this car and have tried to commit suicide."
The Bench, after consultation with the father and a ductor, found the charges proved, bound Gennit over in £60 and his father in a almilar amount for two years, the condition being that during that period be should live where his father 'deelded and submit to treatment
not amb drive a car for 12 months.
For the defence it was said that Mrs. Perkins was unprepared for twins and it was a shock when they were born. But, int letter to her husband written a day or two after their birth,, she, wrote: "I would not pari with either of them, they are so sweet."
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They had to have arlißeint food and were slow in feeding and were always crying. She became physi- cally and mentally wealt by efforts she was making on their be- half.
No preparation was mude for the crime; neither windows nor doors were sealed.
Dr. J. Humphrey, of Birmingham Prison, said that If Mrs. Perkins had felt as well then as now the crime Would not have been committed,
Queen's Cousin
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MISS MARGARET ANNE BOWES- LYON, of Westerham, Kent, a cousin of the Queen, gave evidence in a case at Reading recently.
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Italian and German members of the Nationalist air force In Spain march in review past Generalissimo Francisco Franco, indicated by arrow. In Barajas Note German, Spanish and Italian emblems on reviewing stand. Italy called 19.400 legionnaires home.
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MR. CYRIL BAILEY, public. orator at Oxford University,
By a judgment delivered in the hopes that the Oxford custom of using Latin when introducing House of Lords recently, it was graduands for honorary degrees will never die out. established that club members who
ring up a book-maker by the club public telephone and make bels are not acting unlawfully.
An appeal against a judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal, con firming convictions at the Central Criminal Court, was allowed.
He cannot imagine, he says, how anyone can do the job in English although he admits that the Scottish and the newer English universitics manage to use this impossible tongue. Oxford University at the end of this pleasant duties at Oxford,
Mr, Bailey, who retires from Orator had been one of his most month after a connection of 40 years, for 37 of which he has been a Fellow
SOME LEG-PULLING There is the tradition at Oxford, he
That's exactly what you will say about your Gabardine, Palm- beach, Sharkskin and
of Balliot, said that being Public said, that the Publle Orator should other types of Sum- make his introductions in Latin smer Suits when they amusing as possible and indulge in
Mrs. Florence Milne, of the Byculla Club, Bartholomew Close, B.C., had been fined £60 for keeping drafting and a generation of judges a little leg-pulling.
betting house. Howard Boundford. had been puzzled by it.. Oswald William Tebbit, of Reading.her stepbrother, £25 for assisting:
If the owner or person using the and John Charles Leonard, et Amer- was summoned for failing to con-
sham Vale, New Cross, S.B., £25 for place received a commission on bets, form to a traffle sign.
conspiring to keep the belting house and use a private telephone, or For permitted the bookmaker to instal
"As Public Orator I have had to
There is an exception to the use of ease of royalty. Then the introdue- Latin, he explained. That is in the tion or the address is in English. compose addresses to King George V. Two coin telephones in the club, it allowed him to stand outside an open on the ecension of his Jubilee, King cross-was stated, were used by members tul window and call out the odds, they Edward VIII, on his necession and.
make bets. One bookmaker Installedį might conclude that the offence had King George VI, on his accession."
clerk in a room above' the club, been committed.. who settled with the members, the betling being on a credit basis.
Miss Bowes-Lyon said she was | driving a car from her home to New-
bury, and when going over reads
R.A.F. Officer Shot near Reading another
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"Mashed across." She braked and fswerved but said it was impossible to Pilot-Officer Norman McPherson avoid a collision. Pooler (21), of the RAF., stationed She suffered from concussion and at Hornchurch Aerodrome (Essex), shock and could not remember clear- was recently found dead in ly what had happened, but she was garden surrounding the officers' mess convinced that she crossed
The chief question was whether this was use of the premises for. at the aerodromo with a bullet wound green lights. In his head. A service revolver was "Tebbit said the lights were in his latting with persons resorting there- In his hand,
to."
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Pooler, whose father lives at Corn- wall Gardens, Kensington, joined the R.A.F. In February, 1037.
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In this case members were doing nothing unlawful by making bets on the telephone. "Resorting" must imply a physical presence at or close to the place.
Explaining his aversion to English for the presentation of graduands for English you cannot do it without honorary degrees, he explained:" "In
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"So for us Oxford is concerned, I hope the custom of using Latin will Lord Atkin, Lord Wright and Lord end, it adds delightful Porter gave sinillar judgments, and reuer to as formalities. Lord Mnemliun formally concurred. The appeal was accordingly allow- ed with costs.
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Mr. Balley sald that his amusing "victim" had been Mr. Wodehouse at the recent Encaenia.
Hocus Pocus Secrets Through 400 Years
CONJURORS of nearly four centuries are represented in a Hocus Pocus exhibition opened at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, recently.
The shelves of the library have been searched for the earliest examples of conjurors' works.
One book exhibited is dated 1584. It is Reginald Scot's "Discoverie of Witchcraft," and describes in detail conjuring tricks with balls, cards and coins.
Peer's Son Fined £20
Found guilty at Perth sheriff's court recently of driving a car while under the influence of drink, so as to be unable to have proper control, Lord Rhidian Crichton-Stewart, aged
The author was apparently in sume distress of mind, however, lest the disclosures of the secrets should be "to the hindrance of such poore men as live thereby."
He also refused to give detalls of certain card tricks "since these are used by sharpers." To publish de- ialis he wrote, might "minister come offence to the well disposed, to the simple, the hurt and loses, and to the wicked action of evil dooing."
A woodcut shows how showmen in
22, son of the Marquis of Bute, was the days of Queen Elizabeth cut of Aned £20 and disqualified from a man's head and put it on a platter. driving for three months.
Visitors to the exhibition may try for themselves another of the olden
Dr. F. Main, who examined Lord tricks. It shows how a book may be Rhldinn nt the police office, sald the mude to appear black, blue, red, yel- Lests made him conclude that he was low or green at will. under the Influence of drink. Hie would not after his opinion if he knew Lord Rhian was taking tablets for asthma.
ARITHMETIC TESTS
One of the greatest authorities on the subject: during the seventeenth century was John White, who changed the title of his book from "Rich Cabinet with a Variety of Inventions Dr. R. Ritchie, of Perth, spoke of or "Rich Cabinet of Legerdemain Unlock'd" (1831) to "Hocus Pocus," arithmetic tests in which Lord Curiosition." Rhidion failed to multiply five figures
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by 78. In multiplying five figures by Legerdemain," or "Hocus in Pertec-| ** seven he had only two figures correction," by Henry Dean, appeared In Asked "If you learn he is no good one edition or another from soon after at arithmetic would that account for 1700 until 1718, and seagral copies his inability to do the sums?" the are on view.
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Second-Lieutenant Alastair Philip
Henderson, a fellow oficer in the
Black Watch, giving an address in FORGED
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and Lord Rhkilan apent the day at
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point-to-point races and the Tatler Shopkeeper Heavily Fined
had four large whiskies at long in- For Cholera Rules Brench tervals and half a glass of port after: dinner.
ASTHMA
Wu Kau, 28, shopkeeper, WOS charged before Mr. T. J. Houston at Lord Rhidian fold him he was not the Central Magistracy on Saturday feeling very well because of asthma with producing a forged Immunimtion and took some tablets with his fourth certificate on July 21. whiskey an hour and a half before ·Sergeant J. Forrest said that; Wu the polico intervened. He had. ? no was about to:board ́a Macão steamer doubt of his ability to drive.
when he was asked if he ind a certi-
A constable, of whotn Lord Räidián | cate. à He produced the forged naked the way to a car park, said he cerüßente, Wu had been inoculated approached him very unsteadily and | thất day but had to wait for a fur- |spoke thickly." He bimped "ngainst the six days beforo ho would reccivo. | his_passenger on re-entering the 'tar[his ceriliënte.” KOLKATA
and struck the kerb as he drove off." Wu was fined $100.
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