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January 20, 1939.

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JURY STOP TRIAL AFTER

TWO "NO'S" TO JUDGE'S ADVICE

HAV

[AVING twice declined to accept the judge's sugges: tion that they need not go on with a case, a jury at West Riding Assizes in Leeds recently announced that they did not wish to hear more evidence.

In the dock was Mrs. Edna May Hague (27), charged with the manslaughter of her father, Alfred Perks, of Sheffield.

Husband Collapses At Wife's Inquest

CRYING "My darling wife,"

Mr. Walter Edward Brown, husband of 30-years-old Emily

Dorothy Brown, who was found dead with their four-month-old daughter Valerie at their home in Trinity-road, Wandsworth, S.W.. collapsed recently at Battersea coro-

ner's court a few minutes before the

court opened.

Mr. Brown, who had for some time from his wife, re- been repurated covered in time to give evidence of

It was stated that before he died the father stated on oath; identifiention. The proceedings lasted that he had stumbled and fallen upon a knife.

proveruting!

Mr. Clive Salfer. stated that on August 3 Mrs. Hague! was visiting her mother when her father want and hit her on the face, picked up a chur and threaten- ed to do them all in."

When he made as if to attack Mes Hague dr she picked up a carving knife and, according to the witness, threw it at her father, flirting a fatal wound in the stomach.

"CARRY ON, MY LORD"

Won A Bride

In 36 Hours

Dartmouth, Devon.

only a few minutes, and the Inquest was adjourned until January 10 for further inquiries to be made.

SURPRISED

Me. Browar taid tater: "It has come as a great surprise to me that the inquest has been adjourned.

"It Is a great trul, in addition to losing my wife and baby, to have to come here ain'

MEA Brown a believed to have died some time before the discovery" |

MR. GERALD QUINN, of was made.

Capetown, back in

his!

Valerie in thought to have sturveli to death in the locked and deserted

At the conclusion of counsel's open-ative Scotland on holiday, sail fat. ing statement, Mr. Justice Lewis ed for South

Africa recently

Shortly after the tragedy was dis- covered, Mr. Brown raid that 01

next.

sisted that the jury were quite ex-with a bride he wooed and wone previons Saturday he had called titled to say if they did not want in 36 hours. hear any more of the case, but after consultation in the jury box the fore- man remarked: "Carry on, my lord." After her mother and brother had given evidence about the way in which Mrs. Hague was attacked by her father, the judge again invited) the jury to say whether they had Eleven members of

heard enough. the jury aid they had, but the fore man persisted in saying "No."

When the case for the Crown had concluded, the foreman rose and said: "We don't wish to hear any more."

"YOU ARE A GOOD GIRL"

A formal verdict of not guilty was elumed, and addressing Mrs. Hague the judge said:

"Quite obviously H was through

at the Bat for a Christmas reunion The bride was Miss Elizabeth Begg with bis wife, which they bad plan- Elle, with whom he wen; to school He nearly 50 years ago in the Moray get to answer. Inside, he said, he knocked and rang, but could Firth fishing part of Portsy,

could hear the baby crying. Several thnes he returned to the house and heard the baby still crying.

Mr. Quinn went to South Afrles in married there. Two years his wife died, and since then he been travelling the world.

Last July he visited Portsoy, Miss Enslie, who had a job as u companion in Kingsweat, South Devi, Was also on holiday there. They met.

When Miss Emslie returned to Kingswear Mr. Quinn promised to call and say "Good-bye" before go ing back to Capetown."

He arrived at Kingswear on a

The

your hand that your father met his Thursday. The next day he propound death. I um told you are a good girl) and have always been good to your ad Miss Emslie said "Yes". father and mother I am quite sure following day they were married by you will never forget to your dying special licence at the centuries-ald day that it was through your hand parish church in Kingswear, that your father met his desilit.

Mr. Quinn, who, like his bride, still

"I entirely agree with the verdict speaks with a broad Scols necent, of the jury, and I personally aereptald afterwards; "We will have our

the view at your father was a vio-Tonegmoon al sex.

lent an und that on this night hel "Yes, I found proposing rather dif- and twice attacked you. You did neult. I am not very good at that what anybody would do if they were kind of thing. 1 broke the ice by in fear of their lives. You are in-anklog Is this place by any chance stantly discharged."

another Gretna Green?"

Huge U.S. Air Force

funds to develop one of the most į powerful air fleets in the world.

أن

It was indicated that by so doing Mir.

Roosevelt will he following 1commendations the war and navy departments to ask for funds to build a flex

fleet of between 12,000 and 10,000 naval and military planes an well as two 45,000-ton battleships.

He stated he had explained the position to a policeman; and bad been told that he must not force is way in.

UFS

Trafe into Jerusalem is slowed down by this concrete road tower on the Nablus road. The highway also has been obstructed by conerete blocks. Idea is that warring Jews and Arabs must be searched for arms. A British and an Arab policeman and two Jow- ish supernumeraries are shown. Jews have rifles, but Arab cops carry only sticks.

SUFS

Decree adopted by the Spanish Insurgent counell of ministers grants "all rights" to former King Alfonso. This is reen as the first step to restore the Bourbon monarchy in Spain, backed by General Framelico Frango, and the possibility of raising Don Juan," Alfonso's third son, to the throne. Alfonso and Juan are shown above."

13,000 Planes May Be Built AMERICANS were surprised re- rently to learn that President

aur authorities would work out the Roosevelt may as: the new session

details of the plan, which would be of Congress to authorise a fleet of

President Roosevck to-day announsupervised by the National Youth aeroplanes numbering as high 13,000. If such a request is madeed a plan for the annual training of Administration. 3,000 planes would be for the Navy 20,000 civilian pilots to be a reserve and 10,000 for the Army.

Congress has already authorised 3,000 for the Navy, hurt there has been no previous suggestion that the Army needed anything like 10,000 'planes.

PRESIDENT'S METHODS

RESERVE OF AIRMEN

Spaniel Brings A Woman £2,000

Clygate (Strrcy).

WHISPER. ten-year-old spaniel,

has brought Mke Lilian Esther Gilbert £2,000.

Whisper belonged to Miss Phylls Louise French, of Claremont-road,

Claygate, who died a month ago, Her will, published to-day, revealed that she had left £2,000 upon trust to Miss Gilbert, an oid servant, pro- viding she looks after the dog.

When Miss French, thirty-five and a semi-invalid, bought her large house in Claygate a year ago, she tot friends that she cho.et beettise a was between two huge commons where Whisper could romp).

But Miss French was too to take him out herself. Her mald, Rhoda Cowles, took him out.

In her will Miss French left £500 to Miss Cowles "If still in her service.'

She left no additional £1,000 10 Miss Glibert. The total calate was

£35,520

Doctor Poisons Himself -At A Will Hay Film

BRIDGWATER (Somerset).

In reserve of experienced aviators in There will be miltury, noval, and WAR-WOUNDED Dr. Graham M. Robertson, without

th

a practice since June, was to have taken over one

The scheme will be started almeid of aviators in the event of a war. at once with about 300 students, who

The President told a press con-will be placed in a dozen colleges" once and formulated the lies which specialise in aviation training. that the whole pro- authority had formulated the plan, and it is

means of stimulating gramine will be in operation by thej both

rivate lying and in order to provide beginning of the 1930-40 school year.

tine of war.

civilian instructors, It understood that President

la the early stages of their training Roosevelt will present to Congres projet. President Roosevelt said it the students will try to qualify for in Bridgwater recently. But he had an obsession that

defence; woul

$0,800,000-regular pilot's Leenres, and they with two separate national appropriations--one embracing the proximately £2,000,000 year not receive any fighting terining until people in the streets poked fun at him, and while a cinema coare het been completed audience were laughing at Will Hay in "Convict 99" he regular needs of the Army and No new legirtation, he said, would be ther Navy and the other requesting vast required except that there would be Selected men will then enter poisoned himself in a seat in the circle. increnses

accotini

Army and Navy restrves to obtain) of the the necessary appropriations. "extraordinary" internt.onal situa-į METHOD OF TRAINING further experience al the naval,! He had taken a hypodermic injection of morphia and tion. In the second he will ask for! The president adited that the civil military, and Air Force nerodromes.j

hyoscine.

Expressing his approval of

cost about

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His pretty widow told the

coroner of his abnormality at

the inquest when a verdict was "Sand Artist No. 1"

returned of "Death from poison, self-administered while the balance of his mind was dis turbed."

A note Dr. Robertson had written

was not read in court "It throws

Will Apply For Permit

to light on why he did it," suld the James Cook, aged sixty-six,, of coroner.

Hastings (Sussex), who claims to be Dr. Robertson was forty-two years the Best man to exploit "sand- ok. He ured to practise in West-scratching," recently bowed to Hast- chif-on-Sen. He gave up his workings licensing by-laws by applying there because of his obsession.

for a permit to practise his art,

A tilend said;

"On iveral occasions Dr. Robert- For the first time in his forty-two json went up to his own patients and

accused them of laughing at him, years' work on the berch Cook was aeed süts of depression he tummoned recently under the by- would be perfectly normal, a very law. Els case was dismissed,

Jolly

mari,

and he could always

it up with any one he had oftended

Dr. Robertson was born In India: his father is unt official of the State railways. During the war he served with the Royal Flying Carps, and was shot down. He used to say his (two years in a German prison huspl- ital were the best times he had ever ihad.

Arms Broken, Drives Car

Richmond, Cal.

It presumably never occurred to California legislators that they should ennet a law to forbid people with

JACK BENNY

JOAN BENNETT

ARTISTS AND

broken arme driving Dear Mrs. MODELS MBROAD"

Mary Realak, 04, however, demons- trated that I can be done, when. suffering fractures of both her arms In an automobile accident, she con- tinued to drive the car home, where she summoned medical aid,

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