BREAKING PLATE GLASS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 1 April 1915, Page 4

BREAKING PLATE GLASS

A MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT. The young xci&iij Frederick •who when charged at tho Court yesterday with breaking a plato glass window iri'..'the .shop. • «; Short and stealing therefrom several ar- • ticks of clothing, set up a plea of insanity, and was remanded for ineaical treatment,- was .again ;before Mr J. «- Evans, SJVL,- tins morning. The Magistrate said d.e.fendant had ibeen examined by a- medical m&n,/and a certificate given, that there was nothing wrong with his mentality. He asked defendant if ho wished to J>ring .any evi* deiijsc to show that ho was-Jlot responsible for his acts. , : . '-i V Defendant': Yes. I have been j>rotty well insane before. In Fremantlo, \yhen I came off tho boat I scarcely knew what I was doing. . .. • xhe Magistrate : It rests >vith you ta prove . it.,l ; a,m satisfied on the evidence ibefore me that you are not insanp. _ . defendant: In 'the North Island I did' not get sleep for three or four nights running; and my eyes were staring out of my head; That is proof enough. Sergeant Barrett i. That is where the question of drink) .comes in. . The. Magistrate. said lie did not _ know ! what obiect defendant liad. in acting as he did. It flight have been that lie was under the influence'of liquor but people had to be protected from such actions, defendant would. Be- convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, on the charge of breaking the window; and on the one of theft-lie would be -con-, victed and discharged.