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SUN-MAID SEEDLESS RAISINS

POOK PRISONERS.

IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR LEGAL AID.

In the House of Commons, recently, Mr. Turton (GN Thirsk) moved the second reading of the Defence. Bill, Poor Prisoners'

which, he said, was introduced to bring the Poor Prisoners' Defence Act of 1903 up to date.

That Act provided that in case. where a man had not the means to employ solicitors of counsel he should be entitled to have legal aid assigned him, provided that he had, disclosed a, defence in the evid ence given, or in a statement made before the committing justices.) That was an essential, condition precedent,...

It was his belief that there were many men and women now vingi in England, free and without a stain on their characters, who, but for that Act, would have been' convicted felons or branded with the definition "with a past." But that Act suffered from want of clearness of expression and nat rownes of acope.

It was the first axiom of Eng-! bish criminal law that the prosecu- tion had to prove their case, and the Act of 1903 was not intended to force a prisoner to show his defence so as to bolster up a weak prosecution.. (Cheers.) Sub- section 3 of Section 1. of the Bill defined "poor person" by provid- ing that "a" defence cerbificate

shall not be granted" "unless it appears to the certifying authority that his means are insufficient to enable him to obtain such aid."

Only an Instalment,

At present there was no power to, ubimai legal aid until the coni mitting justices had committed a person for trial. There were, bowever, grave charges which made it desirable that a mani should have legal advice as to the runduet of his case.

There were cases in winch the legal adviser in the higher Court was put in some difficulty by the conduct of a case in the lower: Court by the man on trial. Be- fore the committing magistrates a man might, without aid and with- out understanding the law, have examined, cross-examined, Intro duced unnecessary witnesses, and nade statements not advisable at that stage.

Moreover, under the Criminal Justice Act, 1925, many gruve charges that could not previously

be tried in a court of summary

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PENINSULA HOTEL

Tuesday, 31st December, 1929 New Year's Eve Carnival (6 p.m. to 1 a.m.) Wednesday, isf January, 1930 Special Tea Dance (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.)

HONGKONG HOTEL

Thursday, 26th December, 1929 Boxing Hight Carnival: (8 p.m. fo 1 a.m.) Wednesday, 1st January, 1930 Special Tea Dance (4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.)

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

Tuesday, 24th December, 1929 Christmas Eve Carnival (8.30 p.m. to midnight.) Tuesday, 31st December, 1929 New Year's Eve Carnival (Fully reserved,

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· Wednesday, 1st January, 1930 Special Tiffin (Orchestra 1 p.m. to 2.30 þ.m...

Wednesday, 1st January, 1930. Special Tea Dance

Motor Coaches from Repulse Bay Hotel

After Christmas Eve Carnival and

New Year's Eve Carnival

(4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Special Ferry from Kowloon

Alter New Year's Eve Carniyal-1.30`a.m.-

To Hongkong Hotel ..... 1.15 a.m.........” Dinner.

To Peak Hole!...

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Evening Celebrations.

$4.00 per person

1.15 a.m.

Special Tiffin

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Special Tea Dance $1,00

Tables for the above may now be reserved at any of our Hotels,

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the of

con The rich man had undoubtedly had. duct of his defence before thom, an advantage in being able to buy mind auch power was contained in defence, and it was only just that Section 2. The Bill, though only defence should be made available an instalment, was, he claimed, a to all. great advance on the Act of 1903]

In his twenty-three years' ex- Sir J. Withers (C. Cambridge perience of the House he had University) seconded,

known such unanimity

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Mr. McShane (Soe, Walsall) among persons learned in the law said the Bill did not go far enough, as in support of this Bill. His but he was prepared to accept town attitude was one of whole- as an instalment.

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