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GUILTY BUT INSANE.

COURT OF APPEAL REVERSES SENTENCE.

UNEMPLOYED MINER'S TRAGEDY.

CHELSEA "PETTING

PARTIES.

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Losnos, Dec. 10th.. The appeal of Edward Lloyd, aged thirty-one, an unemployed cast no shade upon the high lights "I feel I have entered a new of Chelsen night life-according to lease of life," he said to the miner, against sentenge of death at Miss Marjory Lawerance, whose Evening Standard representative. Durham Assizes for murdering new novel. Bohemian Glass," has "Last year my poor wife died, I teen refused by Messrs. Hutchin-nearly went blind, and then there Police Constable Straughan at

way the money trouble as well. North Hylton, Sunderland, was

"To-day" my eyes are improving. The truth doesn't pay. COM- and a specialist assures me that lowed yesterday by the Court of

mented Miss Lawerance to a re-there is every hope of my sight be- Criminal Appeal, and the coart

ing absolutely restored. porter. ordered that Lloyd should be kept in custody as a criminal Junie, Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice, said in delivering judg ment that although Lloyd made threats there was strong evidence

that he was insane.

And the truth about Chelsea is that there is a nasty, cheap, vicious set of people living there: men and woman both addicted to unnatural practises; mansqueraders in studios, talking art jargon and rapidly driving the serious artists -who refuse to associate with then-out ut Chra."

"That is why many artists are migrating to C. John's Wood. Bloomsbury, and even to studios

added. in the City," s

As Bad As the East,

**A.Different Man." "Since I have had the financial worry taken off my shoulders I am different man. I just feel so fit that if only I had my eyesight back I'd bow! some of them out to-day. was on the Oval staff during the war, and I can tell you I never bowled so well in my life.

Fast And Slow Bowlers. "The bowling cowadays isn't what it used to be They are all too much alike... What we want is

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M.V. "ESQUILINO” M.V. "ROMOLO

8.8. "VENEZIA "

He was in the Army in 1814," added Lord Hewart, and in April 1917 was discharged with 'a pension because of shell shock. Ex. tracts from his record for October

** Ther Bre alleged pettinariety. We haven't got à fast 1914 to October 1927 show that he parties in Chelsea that develop in bowler like Lockwood or Kortright. was gradually becoming more unto orgies which could not be sure we haven't got anything like HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.

passed anywhere in the East. And Teddy Tyler who was the slowest reliable in ble mind. He was stat have described one of them in bowler in the world. It was so slow that the ball would, scarcely knock hook.

ed often to have" lost control of 15. But don't mistake me, I am the bails of Ofice with a first ball

himself and fallen in the street without realising where he was.

"The medical reports also state that Lloyd was childish, had na initiativė, moked concentration, was irresponsible, and could not be relied on. It was also said that Lloyd was by no means of a high mental type.

"Violent Manner,"

His wife described him as good tempered man when well, but of violent manner al other times, and it took six or seven men to hold him.

It is not denied by the prosecu tion that there was enough' evidence to warrant a verdict of guilty but) insane, but unfortunately Mr. Jus tee Roche, for reasons it is not difficult to imagine, and seeing, no doubt, the sympathy the jury felt for Lloyd, laid stress on the sug gestion that they could find him guilty.

but recommend him to merry, a recommendation which he said was not likely to be disregard -ed.

"It is not difficult to resist the view that had it not been for the words of the judge the jury tight have found Lloyd guilty but in- Saue,"

were

tion to mercy.

Medical History.

not hitting at the serious artists of Chelsea. They are quite die sociated from the people I have written about.

of the match he hit. Maclaren's wicket, and it never shifted the baits, and Maclaren went on to

make over 400.

M.V. "REMO". M.V. "VIMINALE" M.V. "ESQUILINO"

From Hong Kong.

Sails hence on/or about 18th Jan. Saila hence on/or about 7th Fab. Sails hence on/or about 6th Mar.

"They haven't got anybody that NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

"Everybody knows that there are debased men and women who hips by under your chin. Why, in indulge in depravity, I think. the old days many of us have often Then, of however, it is more blatant and been frightened out. more prevalent in Chelsea, than course, the wickets seem to have anywhere. It is hiss on the in lost their nature. They are all so ercase. But there seems to be a perfect that unless there is a bit conspiracy of silence about it and of rain you can't do much on them. Al unwritten agreement among people not to allude to it.

Lob Bowlers 'Wanted. "Why aren't there a few lob The Too-Bold Truth.

bowlers with that underpin that That is why my book has been made, the ball break yards across rejected. I have committed the the wicket! I remember my own Captain Jephson" getting me out error of telling the truth.

|HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL

If I had put more jam with with a lob when I'd made 247. I my powder I might have got away thought as the ball came along I'll with it," she added with a smile. show him what I think of lobs.' I "My heroine is a clean-minded stepped back to it, and it broke so girl-student who innocently be far across that I couldn't reach it, Comes entangled with this vicious and it hit my wicket. set, and gradually becomes disil- Many lusioned and disgusted.

a cimilar AX- girls have had perience.

I know what I wr talking about. For three years I was an Art student. I have been present Rong Kong Observatory, January 11th, at parties where many of the

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The circumstances of the case Constable that Police.

A return relating to London Lovers open-air Temperature, 11th; 82 Straughn had served a summons liquor licences, issued by the ****

B-Bueaky; O-Cloudy; D- on Lloyd, and had returned at County Counci, shows that the

total number of premises with Drizzle, F-Fog; L-Lightning: night to serve a summons on a Justices on-licences in the ad-M-Mit; O-Overcast; E-Passing neighbour, when Lloyd shot him. ministrative county (excluding showers; Q-Squalls; B-Rain; T The defence at the assizes was in theatres and music-hall) on April Thunder. sanity, and the jury found him oth-fast, was 5,698, of which 5,237 guilty with a strong recommenda-were public-houses and beer-houses During 1997 licences were granted respect of premises not Hicensed in 1990, and one licence, dormant in 1926, was revived; 5 licenges were extinguished, or were in course of extinction, with com- pensation, and it were not renew. his own request in October 1926ed or not applied for, the total net

The Lord Chief Justice: Lannot one of your strong points that the jury were invited to find the graver verdict with a recommendation to mercy on the representation that the recommendation would be 1,820, nf tended to 1

Mr. Archibald Wikon, for Lloyd, referred to his full medical history since he suffered from shell shock in 1016 until he was discharged at

Mr. Wilson: Precisely. That is my strongest point, but the whole medical history of this man shows a gradual deterioration of his mental state, and this is horne out by the witnesses who had an op portunity of seeing him.

Mr. Paley Scott, for the Crown, said that while there were facts from which the jury might have to come to the conclusion that Lloyd was insane, the evidence of maily was considerable. One of the wit nesses said that she did not think that Lloyd was right in his head, but this witness was not an expert. Judge And Experts,

Mr. Justice Avory: Sometimes an ordinary individual gives more valiable evidence than a export.

rental

Mr. Justice Avory snad Inter: Might not the summing-up in this jury inte bele effect of using the

believing that it was

ter for the man to be convicted of murder with recommendation to

insome! mercy than that he was.

Mr. Paley Scott: It might. The Lord Chief Justice pointed aut that the two possible verdicts were guilty, with a recommenda- tion to mercy, or guilty i but jusanc

Mr. Justice Avory, replying to further arguments by Mr. Paley Juries do not, ör Scott, said: may not, know that it is neus to consult the judge at the trial on the question whether the sentence shall be carried out, and certain Fly they do not know whether it is usual in overy case to follow the judge's advics?!

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