BURGLAR'S LAMENT.
HANDICAP OF DEAFNESS. A deaf, burglar's application to the Court of Criminal Appeal in London recently for leave to appeal against a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was dismissed. Mr. Justice Humphreys, in giving the 'judgment of the Court, pointed out that the appellant, Jerry Sparks, entered the house of an old lady who was disturbed by hearing the stairs creak and seeing the handle of her bedroom door turn. Sparks, in setting out his application, had told the Court: "I know now that I shall never make a good burglar, because I am deaf, and. did not realise that I could be heard because I could not myself hear the stairs creaking." The Judge: I hope he will realise the seriousness of his defects in that direction when he comes out of prison.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20990, 29 September 1931, Page 6
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136BURGLAR'S LAMENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20990, 29 September 1931, Page 6
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