TWICE TRIED.

NZ Truth, Issue 570, 20 May 1916, Page 6

TWICE TRIED.

His Honor i* Lenient. The Board of Appeal had a tough nut to crack Id tho ca»o of Albert j James Adams and Robert Ralph Carr. These two gent* had stolon a number of surgical instruments and stores to * the tune of £80. being property from the n.a. Corlnthlc At a previous sitting of the Court, their counsel, Mr. P. W. Jackson, had pleaded that they were not responsible for thelr •koilons as they were practically Insane at tho time of the offence m that they bad illled their Interiors with undiluted brandy and were In a fretustod state of intoxication.- He pleaded this ao successfully that tho Jury brought In a verdict accordingly, saying that taey wero | ."GUILTY WITHOUT CRIMINAL '*-■■ INTENT.' ! • ■- - - Act eootmitted under the Influence of temporary insanity." Counsel argued, that this was equal to a verdict of not anility, but, as insane men cannot bo allowed to go at large m a land of brandy bottle*, they were locked up, and the whole business passed on to the Board of Appeal, who poiwed it #ifUy back to tho S.uproi»e Court for re- trial. Jury No. 2 aid not UXo long, to deal with the matter. They fourid the accused. • guilty In atoout twenty jnlnuteA. Mr. P. W. Jackson represented the ftCcuHod Carr, and his Honor got anothor ono right Into the solar plexus of "Mr. BooxV wh6 w»» on hand When tho crtm« wo* contmittod. Mr. Juekson said that he would admit that tho crtan© ww n . «>riou» ono, bill It ww» tho Ore* tiro© Uwt hl» dUrnt had veered from the straight and narrow path of rectitude, tk* i man liad «ftrved hia country good and wolL He BdfotowSjK. <g« J tc ► th. Bojr bother In South Africa, *nd ha* mihTibbub. having t*«m woonded, thcro

••Mr. ■ Booze" was attributable the seance which followed m the ahip'a surgery. He had been detained nearly five months and that ought to count as a point or two m the sum's Of. bjfl addition. I Sir Robert Stout said that if ha had ! admitted his guilt at first ha WOULD HAVE BEEN FREE | by this time. "I cannot grant probation m your case, on account of the kind of goods taken," said his Honor, "and you went m through a porthole, too. I shall treat you very leniently on account of tho time you have been' m gaoL I shall give you nominal punishment, only. The nominal sentence la that you be imprisoned for two months, each. Understand that this is dealing very leniently with you; You are liable to 14 years' Imprisonment."