THE CASE OF EX-CONSTABLE DAVIS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10417, 20 July 1895, Page 7

THE CASE OF EX-CONSTABLE DAVIS.

10 THE EDITOP,

Sib,—The decision in this case may be right but I have an unpleasant feeling that the convicted man has not been justly dealt with, and I. find that that is the general impref sion in the I city. With all defereuca to the stipendiary I magistrate, whom I hold in the highest esteem it seems to me fchafc in. simple fairness to the accused the Wo women concerned, or fit »11 events the woman who was riot arrested, should have been, called to give evidence. In their absence the testimony. i?n which the constable waicoayicted was wholly one-Bided. Ido not question the veracity of the witnesses, but by tbeir own showing they were too far off to see all that took place. They admitted that. If the constable kicked the woman with his knea or foot merely because she addressed an offensive remark to him, then, as Dr Jeff coat puts it, he is nofr fit to wear the uniform; bat his action bears a totally different complexion if, as he asserts, she put ona arm round him and with her other hand indecently gripped him, at the same time saying, " Whers ate you going, / ducky ? Corns home with mo"—action and words that can bear only one vi!e meaning. It soem3 to me the whole case hangs upou that. I fwiny that if a woman of the town, drunk or sobsr, were to accost me in that way I would on the spur of the moment-, as any decant man would, send her flying, even with knee or foot, whether or not my hands were burdened wish parcels, u-e were the constable's. To Davis, who, as the report states, is a married man with a wife and young family, the consequences of his conviction go further than the tine of 50s. By thn. Premier's direction he has been dismissed the service Looking at the one-sidadcess of the proceedings nnd the seriousness of the results to Davis and his wife and childceu, I must say I would not like to have the rcaponaibility of what is virtually his rain resting upon my shouiGors. Too frequently have thsre been groga misoarriagat, of justice in Dnnedin in the way of guilt? persona being acquitted in spite of i-he ruont dssmuing evidence. On the faca of it this case has all the appssraiico of a very grave miscarriEge in tho opposite direction, and I do think it should not bo allovred to rest where ifc is.—l am, &c, Dnatdio, July 18. Citizen.

Another General Strike Would ba disiieh-ous—ia one truth. The good value of CAVornt cioahs another. — The proudest moaieot in "• rntin's life is when iie is tel'ing all about it af fcerwarda.

SEVEN POUNDS IN ONE WEEK.

Not every man who is thin would thank you for fafcteniug him. Ha doßan'c want to ba fat, and for very good reasons. Unnecessary fat is a load to carry aborit; it interferes with a man's power to work, shortens his wind, and dulls his wifca. ■'■■..-■

Yet, on the otherhand, a certain amount of Besh is needed for health and comfort. Per example : A man sft high should weight about 1201b; a man sft 6in, Hslb; a man 6ft, 1781b. It is a regular ascending scale.- The iasurauce companies allow a variation of 7 per cent, above or bslow it, and beyond thosa limits charge an extra premium. One shouldn't be mnch over or under his proper weight if he wants to be sound and hearty—and wo all do want that. • ' '

Now we will tell yonhow Mr Thomas Crosby, being under weight, gained 7ib iv a week. He had lost l£st, which is too much off for a man who was never fleshier than he natur&llv oupht to be.. ■ J c

It was this way. He wairight enough up to .May 1891. At that time he began to feel ill and out of sorts. He had a nasty tat-.ta-in his mouth—like rotten eggs, he says—and a thick, slimy stuff came on hia gurus and teeth! Hia appetite failed, and what he did eat was, as you might say, nndsr compulsion; and right afterwards he would have great pain ■in his stomach and. chest. Plainly, something was amiss with him in that region. I He was oftea dizzy, and cold chills ran over him as though he were threatened with fever. Of course We should expect a. tnati who is handled iv this WAy to lose strength. Mr Crosby lost strength —in fact, he got so weak and nsrvous that ho shook all over, arid his hands trembled aa if a current of electricity were running through him.

To use bis own words : " I rapidly loai; flesh, was l£st lighter, r.nd could hardly walk about. Once my parents thought I was dyin«, and sent in hasSe for the doctor. I snw two docSoro in Epworth and one at Hsxsy, but they w«re nob able to help mo. Our vicar, Rev. Mr Oveitoo, recommended me to tae Lincoln Infirmary, where I attended for eiqb.t weeks as an outdoor patient,' without benefit.

"Soon afterwards Mr Sharp, a chemist at Epworth, spoke to me of the virtues of a modicine known as Mother Soigel's Curative Syrup. Being interested in what ha said, I isf t off trying other things and began taking this Syrup. In a few days I felt better, and presently I gained 71b ia a week. At that rate I soon'got back to my. work;'" and have had the best of health ever since. 1 tell these facts to everybody, and am perfectly willing they should be published.—Yours truly (Signed), Ton Crosby, Ferry Eoad, Epworth, viaDonc&stor, December 23, J892."

After reading Mr Crosby's story we scarcely need to ask why he lost flesh. Tha minute he stopped eating and digesting his u«ual allowance of food he bsgan to fall away. Tree?, they say, grow as much from the air'by maans of their leaves as they do from the soil. But men don't. They've got'to bebuiit up through their stomachs. Indigestion and dyspepsia (Mr Crooby's complaint) atop? this process, and poisons, those, who have it beaidea. That accounts for all- the painful and dangerous symptoms oar friend speaks of. The doctors ,do what they can, but, unluckily, they don't possess the medicine that goes to the bottom-of this disease and cures it. The remedy ■is Kother SeigePs Curative Syrup, and nothing elsp, so far as we know. It restores digestion, and digestion covers the bones with fat enough for health and good looks.