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Bogins today *-—-— a now sorios by ace criminologist

EDGAR LUSTGARTEN, spotlighting the drumas

In court when counsel and oxport clash........'

obvious reason that he desired

lo conceal what ho had done?"

"Yes," Dr forwardly replies.

Eagi - straight-

Dr East agrees

Then he removed the body

into the

bathroom?"

“Quite 50,". Dr Bost

FTER her death; during the trial of the man doctors might impose on them from the bedroom

Acives the same restraint In who murdered her, Gertie Yates

court. described by a kindly witness as a Lady With

Friends.

was

Such Ladies are, in general, dubious murder -risks. They tend to form their friendships without discrimina- tion, and every so often a Friend turns out a sexual may maniac. Then the unfortunate. Lady's career abruptly end with a pathologist's report which the papers cannot print.

Gertie Yales, however-in this respect, at least, unrepres scrlative of her kind-brought to bear upon the exercise of her Affairs strong qualities-of-prudence-and-of-caution. In_so_for_as this led her it did to be choosey over clients, it made her zafer than most prostitutes from sexual maniacs.

But in so far as it led her as it also clic—in accumulate her earrings, keep her purse well-stocked, and invest in good Jewellery which she loved to wear, it made her less safe than most from a rogue like Ronald Truc, ...

A liar, an idler

Thirty years old in 1922, True had consistently displayed

a cynical from early childhood

and egocentric amorality. Ile

was a llar, an der, and a braggart, sporndleally dishonest and 址 sicek indifferently cryel. Possessing Casy manners and

A gentle upbringing-he had exterior solo asset salvaged from

recently achieved his destined terrain, the West Entt, where his exploita as a playboy were spurred by morphla and financed out of subventlang from an indulgent moller.com

not

Mother's means, though, white considerable, were unlimited, and during February it became clear to True that this source of supply had temporarily dried up. No other lay in und with March's advent the extravagant immediate prospect, rolsterer, accustomed {D gay nightclubs and chauffered limousines. found himself without the loose coins for a cup of tea.

With pawning, with borrowing, with some minor forgery, by bilking a rapid succession of hotels, for a time True contrived to as his stuption Krew progressively koop himself afloat. But more desperate, more desperately he cast. Expedients-and more desperate the expedients over. which he

brooded.

At this crucial period he en- countered-05 she was looking out for business-Gertic. Yales.

Trite noted her comparative ofluence, realised her profes sional accessibility, oscertained that she lived in a basement flat

alone.

I

The cold-blooded and mer- cenary plan was promptly born.

Disliked

around for frests

con- Rules. These are simple,

entirely clse and, to my mind,

for their purpose. adequate They

that, my

To acquire immunity on the grounds of madness, you must either not have known what you wero

whnt you wrong.

agrees. that obviously to trom anyone looking into the bedroom that he had That, fortunately, did not committed the act?" occur at the trial of Ronald. True. The defence's principal "I should think so," Dr East witness, Dr East, certainly sus- agrees again.

Far too often, however, medi- ' cal experts try to replace the "Wasn't law's definition, of madness by 'conceal their own.

Muir faces Dr East oye to eye, Ilo maks; "All those acte wore consistent with a desire to conceal the fact of murder?"

DEADLOCK-then

the judge asks the critical question

tained a vocational bios against

subterfuge or

from

- AND THE

·TINIA

FATE OF

RONALD TRUE [323146127ÐILIISTAIDETEL

IS DECIDED

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"the known it is punishable by law," Mr Justice McCardic says, "he must know it is wrong In some sense?”

Impossible to dispute and Di East dous not!--

ROUND UP

Women' rights

debated in UN

Geneva.

"ADY lawyers from

Countries net roomly. 10. discuss

malters any woman would hate to have left to mole discretion.

Tho, United Nationa commis- sion on tho slotus of women was In session. On the agenda were such matlers as women's poliilent rights, women's working rightá and-pbove all- women's rights in matrimony.

As the debate got under way there was plenty of evidence that United Nations dealings are under a heavy masculine spell. All-by delegations were backed-up by taut-faced coun that, alliers who saw to it that no

"And if he knows it to A crime, wouldn't you think that he must know it is a moral wrong according to the com- munity's existing" moral code?" It might be possible to dispute that casuistically. But Dr East is not n cnetist, but ០ព honourable physician.

"Yes, I would think so. my lord," he says...

feminine whim-would - sweep away the political status quo.

Indeed, the meeting got off to a flying start with a petulant' demand from Russia's Tamara Eruhova to kick out the shy little representative of Nationalist China, Mme Eliza- beth Wang Chong. She got nowhere.

Then como the marringe were dis- issue. The women mayad to find that in a great

workl's many of the

under- developed regions marriage still amounts to slavery for a girl.

Many countries, such as Cuba, Austra- Egypt, and even some Han and Canadian provinces, act no

minimum age marriage.

There is a fooinole to, be added to the verdlet uncondi- tional and unqualified of Guilty that the jury most properly re-

"Does It not

show" he turned. True was subsequently granted a reprieve on the presently goes on, beating out grounds that he had since been cach word with separate em-certified insane by a Commisy phosis, "that he knew what he alon of medical, practitioners, had done

White-benneoled Mrs Lorena punishable by and that it had long been a WOS law?"

principle of British law that no | Háhn, of the United States, insane person should go to pointed out that some Southern

"Yes," Dr East eays, "I think execution. It does."

A footnote

But Dr East's opinion about 'True's mental state at tho

material time has only been This decision, the Home Secre constricted in scope, not totally tary took pains to point out, did dislodged. The McNaghten not in any way conflict with the Binding of the jury which was Rules, it will be remembered, solely concerned with criminal classify as insane anyone who responsiblitty, not with insanity "Then he told the muld not did not know that what he was at ordinary law.

doing was WRONG. .. to disturb her mistress?"

"Yes."

There is also a foolants to ba

WAS

doing, or not have known that the McNaghten rules ("I think was they ought to be relaxed," he doing -were

cundidly admitted in response

Ronald True, Dr East con- added concerning the Commig to a prosecution challenge), But

"Was that for the purpose of cedes, knew that what he was slon of medical practitioners It Doctors have usually disliked this outstanding prison medical giving him time to get away?" dolny was wrong according to Is by John Allen-better known the McMaghien rales, Judge officer (currently at Brixton,

the law. But the word 'wrong os The Mad Parson-who was "Probably." and juries have usually, ap where True had been confined)

in the Rules has been generally with True at Broadmoor, where interpreted so that a prisoner the latter managed the canteen. proved then. That is due to a scorned verbal fundamental difference of ap- psychiatrie-cluptrap-as-a-means-Muir lifts his mosive head ray-still-secure-their-dispensa. In every way he was a model until he and Dr Esst are eye to, tion if he did not know that kamate," Allen Boys; and when Gertie Yates rejected all his proach. Doctors exist to cure of frustrating the Rules' opera-

what ho was doing was wrong Superintendent Ilopwood mental and physical illness, and tion. "I think," he said simply, eye. early overtures. She instinctive-

regard madness primarily as "that True is incapable of dis-

"All thors ucts, committed on according to the standard of his looking for men to help him run

"the ly disliked True and, I think, something to be treated; judges tinguishing moral right

the institute,

found the greatest of them all in Ronald the spot and immediately after normal fellow citizens, Almast certainly suspected his

Truc." Intention was to cheat, if not and their attendant juries in moral wrong,"

a desire to conceal the fact-of- actually to rob. But in the end-criminal-courts exist to pro- When Sir Richard Muir for the crime, were consistent with tect society as a whole, and ro- the Crown rises to cross-

murder?"

Under the strongest pressure It was on a Sunday, and

statement,

"Yes,"

from Sir Richard Muir, Dr East trade may have been slack-she gard madness primarily as some examine, it is this

overtones, named her price, and True (of thing to be guarded against and with its McNaghten

kept under control. Each ap- upon which the powerful guns "And his connection with it?" honestly maintains that he did believed,

notIn the end, it is the judge "Yes," course) agreed. She

proach can be fully justified are trained."

super- poor girl, that she could look

who exposes the utter "He arranged the pillows to in its place, judges and Jurles after Eerself. It did not cross

fully of this double interpreta- her mind why should have

tion in a democrarte state. crossed her mind?-that in pur- Buance of his crookedness, this, particular crook would slop at nothing. Nothing at all...

True killed Gerlie Yates on Monday morning while she was still half asleep,

As a physical act of murder It was commonplace. Five heavy blows with a rolling-pin on the head. A toivel stuffed into the mouth,

back the doubling The

of her Longue.

girdle

tied dreasing gown

tightly round her neck. The dent body moved from the bed into the bathroom, and the pillows Instead placed lengthwise be neath the coverlet,

with the Delaying tactics daily maid, whose early p- pearance took him by surprise ("Don't disturb her; we were father late last night"). •

Then the pocketing of the jewels and the loose cash, and nway ...

'I can explain'.

From, the moment the delec- tives tracked down and arrested True a straight verdict of NAL Guilty was virtually excluded. He had been recognised by the mold, contrary to his hopes. Ho was proved to have passed from indigence to prosperity Over- night, redeeming pawned articles and paying off pressing debts. Furthermore, on the day of the murder he pledged some jewel- lery identified as stolen from Gerlio, Yates's Hat, "I can ex- plain how I got possession of be assured the police-but It is an explanation for which the world still waits.

Not surprising then that Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, his de- fender, told the Jury he assumed they would "and the hand that, had killed this woman to be the prisoner's hand," and that, he went all out for a verdiet ui Guilty but Insane.

Whether a perion ranked as'à tunatle under the criminal law -Lo, whether he was deranged so ar to,be exempt from respon- ability for, his acb-had been determined, for alipost: 10 years Bole Agmu: DODWELL & CO, Lan. In the light of what are com

monly known as the McNighton

do not issue, orders, in..... Harley... look as if the person was___in Street consulting

and the bed," Muir cays, "Isn't the

rooms,

FERDINAND

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

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--IUMSELF.

Muir, a practised artist m timing, allows himself to pause.

OR!-SO BUSY CHASING THESE FELLAS, I FORGOT ALL ABOUT GROCER IES WAS SUPPOSED TO GET WILL

GET.

**NI, SO! PLEASE

TO ENTER!

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Slates have a minimum age of 14 years. She was rather an- noyed at a United Nations re ference quoting 12 years a tho minimum marriageable age in Mississippia fact which caused Fussia's Mme Ershova to speak of the United States and under- developed territories."

Since child marriage often oc- curs in colonial or semi-colonial territories of Africa, the 'delegates from Britain, Franco and Bel- glum wore often at loggerheads," Miss Ruth Tomlinson, for the counselled United Kingdom, caution: "How can one prohibit marriage by girls under 14? Ona would encourage clandestino uniona and the young girl, for.. from being protected by the law, would be exposed to great danger,"

Belgium's Mme Cyfer-Diderich thought likewise.

France's Mme Lefaucheux" could not have disagreed morer "I feel like a revolutionary who

with my I compare myself friends, the delegates from Eri- toin and Belgium."

Her remedy: "Iropose laws that will at last afford protection to women."

What the Sputnik dog felt

Moscow. EADING Sovlet scientista,、 gathered in Moscow for tho atinual meeting of the Soviet Academy of Science, heard detailed report last, week conditions in outer space as ro- layed back by the two Boviet sputnika.

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Most of it was highly technical data on cofinic, rayw. but there were also some de- talls about the dog. Laika's or- deal in Sputnik II.

At the time of take-off, what with the tremendous ́accelera= . Hon, the vibration and the noiso of the rocket, Lalka's heart pounded at three times normal rate, The results were recorded on an electrical cardio- graph.

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Then, as the dog approached weightless conditions a few hundred lies above the earth, it was panting three or four

But.. times faster than, normal. when the sputnike started 1in. amooth orbital flight, Laika's pulse and breathing returned to normal.

Thus it - mísy bo_said,”_ro- ported A. V. Topchiyev, he Academy's lentille secretary, "that the animal withstood satisfactorily not only fight! thuring lauyching and the pipe. ing of the sputnik on its orbit, but also the conditions of orbiisi night."

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