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THE * BARRIE. + EXAMINER lldor/a 3 fora/zzze /'e.se1zaII'0Itzi :1-*ms'r TIME EVER snown AT THESE PRICES -4 300 at 50c. 270 at 75c. INCLUDING TAX IT S ALL THE I A MIGHTY FINE SCREEN CAN GIYL MOTION PICTURE Mon.-Tues. Dec. 17-18 Canada s First Mammoth Motion Picture tual Cost of THE MAKING $500,000.00 CAPITOL :\.v _4j5o com I am- Au.EsEAfs RESERVED AT BOTH EVENING PERFORMANCES AT REGENT THEATRE, TORONTO - COMING DIRECT TO ` COWIE & co. Hairdressing Parlour Phone 1242 M1.\RCE.L 50_c. __ TH ,, ---- --u::: I-CV6! Four years experience in Marcel- hng puts `Miss Grace Goring in posltlon to guarantee satis-faction. Make. Your Christmas Ap- pointment NOW at AMERICA HAS NOT NOW OR EVER WILL MAKE A FINER. MORE WONDERFUL MOTION PICTURE Following is the schedule for Section A of the 0..H.A. group in which Barrie is playing:-- Jan. 4, Barrie vs. Collingwood; Jan. 10, Collingwood vs. Meaford; Jan._ 1'8, Meaford vs. Barrie; Jam 23, `Meaford vs. 'Co11_ing'wood; Jan. '28, Barrie at Meaford; Feb. 1, Collingwood at Barrie. Some friend would appreciate receiving a copy of The Examiner. JUNIOR HOCKEY SCHEDULE PHONE 1133`; BARRIE COMEDY Lupino Lane, Be My King -_-: -_4-`Ln-uni Izu.so PARAMOUNT- NEWS-LETTER PIGUUQ U11 JJGILLUU I-U>U\}l\ IIIIID JVGLO There are twelve ne cups and a. beautiful shield, a great many special prizes in the form of mer- ch-andise, not to mention. about $400.00 in cash prizes. Prospects are great for an unusually large show of rabbits and the Armouries will be taxed to hold the entries without double-decking` the birds. Anyone contemplating showing should write to the secretary, H. F. Morren, for a prize list. - Last Frday, Dec. 7, the Barrie Poultry Association held its mon- thly meeting in the Council Chamber and much enthusiasm was ma-nifested. As a result of work previously done, it is now fairly .certain that Barrie will `hold . in future the show of the county. Barrie is in No. '7 district which comprises York, `Peel, Dufferin and lsimcoe `Counties and will start off the famous A. J. H. Eckardt trophy at the next local show, Jan- uary *8 to 10, 1929. This trophy consists of a 2-piece silver dessert set, '24 carat gold-lined and is won outright each year. It has been placed on Barred Rocks this year. Thoma ova +11rn'Ivn If-inn (Inn: 971!` "13XR1E AS CENTRE` FOR DISTRICT CHICKEN suow BARRII.-'., CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923; SECUREAYOUR SEATS WELL IN ADVANCE Now on Sale at the Capitol from 7 to 11 p.m. and Saturday 2 to 5 p.m. --....,,.,. ' O Neil was convicted at Barrie} of the murder of Azor Robertson, and Ruby Martin. the latter s daughter, on a farm in Tecumseth 4 township. . 1 'I"L..-. kn.-Hna n4~' Dnkov-cfnn and 1-13? LU VV'Kl`bll1Pn The bodies of Robersten and his daughter were found in the ashes` George O'Neil, farm laborer, [ must hang on the 4th of January. ' His appeal from his conviction for l the murder of hi_s employer and his employer s daughter on a farm near Tottenham last February was refused yesterday by the Second Divisional 'Court. so that O NeiI must expiate `his crime on the scaffold. :\)\~r_:1 _____ _-..-.:,.J.-.J -1. `D.......:..I There.Isn t Any Ground on Which to Base a Change in the Judgmen , Says the Chief Justice; I guess ' There s Nothing For It Now but Hanging, Says 0 - Neil on Being Informed of the Result. O Neil s Appeal Fails Must Hang on Jan. 1 O Nei1 stated he and the farm- ; er were in the stable tending a sick I cow when Robertson took sick. He i went to the house and called Mrs. 2 Martin. who rushed out. `The barn. he said, was in ames, and attri- ; buted the re to the cow kicking L ,the lantern over but later investi- ; gation showed this as being im- yprobable. It also was held at the {trial that bad feeling had existed gtover O Neil s feeling towards Mrs. Martin. ` . ) l nmr -1 - - ~ `cum.-Juy. m5J1::fiuc: l1l7li`c1ilc.ie'11: Why didn t O'Neil bring` him into the house when the cow they were tending struck Roberhson? I 1|/I'.. fu. ,,,, 1111 vs 1 `nu. uLzx u.uUt:1 LDUHI I Mr. Creswicke: Because Rob- ertso_n sent him to get Ruby Mar-` tin. He would have had` to dragl Robertsonr 60 or 70 yards to the house. ` _ _ 5 At Christmas quite` a number of pea 1e buy a year s`subscription to he Examiner for some absent member of the family. There is no more acceptable gift. Sent to any address in Canad-a or England for $2.00 or to the United `States for $2.50. A ..u!L..L`I- ..!.nL ___..I J- _--__..1:__1 uuurc. I The court put counsel to much task: to show from the evidence` whefher the origin of the re was in Hm 1m.m.. ...... -1: 1.1.- ...L_L`l_ . in the lower part of the stable, near Robertson s body, or upstairs where it was believed Mrs. `Martin had been burned to death or slain. vww ---- mu: uuglu UL Lne 1111;` \V2lS' I Edward Bayly. K.C.. declared` Every witness but O Nei1 saidg t}"e re had stared on the top oor. i The crown theory is that O Nei14 saturated her body or the straw with oil and was burned when he lighted it. e i `A/I `F..,..~....:,.1.,\ .]....l..-....J L1,, c,,_. Sl.l|Cl.l|4u O'Neil Hears the News Well, I guess there s nothing for it now but hanging`.- remark- ed the condemned man when the news was broken to him. I had my own way and I ve got the re- sults. The latter referred to the fact that O Neil had been advised to petition the Minister of Justice for clemency but had insisted on anappeal in the courts against the jud~g'me'nt passed upon him. uaxu. 111 uauurb. Justice Orde`: That s his st< Tell us what the crown had case based on. mt- r._.._..: .1.. J - -1, * Mr. Creswicke declared the !\.uDc ua.)cu- uu. crown had tried to prove 'O Neil. had killed Robertson, wen-t to the house.` called Mrs. Martin and when she arrived killed her and set the barn: on re to conceal the recordx of his crime. l Tun!-inn Al- . lTT..L-__L__-__), `I , `I1 Luuuu. vv nu ulu ura.L: I Mr. Creswicke: We suggest that beams from the burning build- ing struck him. Tn,..H,.n D.',1.J..-11. H1171--- ,1:-u,,v. IALSHLCU IL- Mr. Creswicke declared the re would have travelled upwards when: the re broke out where - evcr it may have started. He de- clared the entire case of the crown was based on circumstance. Kn T)..--1-_ __1___fLL_ I :1, _ ' `I I i wan UCLCCU Ull Cll'CLllllbLv':lIlCU. I Mr. Bayly admitted the evidence ll had not adduced the slightest mo- tive for murder. Chief Justice Latchford: We have no fault to nd with the trial Jud~ge s judgment. Appeal is dis- missed. There isn t any ground on which to base a change in the judlgment. O Nei1 _ ((117-11 1' _._, 1 I UIVU JUL : , ` _-_1__' -1. 1 , `W.As\'1`i tua1'b1e gift card is supplied tor enclosure if such is desired. _ .l.\JL UIIC GIL`./lJDCl.lu H. H. Creswicke, counsel for O - Neil. stated there wasn t any evi- den-ce to dispute .O"Nei1 s story. O Nei1 had been in the barn with the old man. He ran into the house and: said Robertson was ill and wanted Ruby Martin, his daughter. When O'Neil ran back. Robertson was gone from the spot he had left him. `He found the barn in ames. `l .-..L:.._ f\_.J._-, turn .9 'uuc 1c\.u1u UL um` Cfllllt. Justice de: Robertson s skull was fracture ` when his body was found. Who did that? M.. `rI....-..-.: -1-.. . M117- O"Neil contended that because of the feeling` of prejudice i-n the Barrie loca1it_V--he was unable to get a fair trial. He also contended that during the trial the court crier had undertaken an examin- ation of the accused and adduced certain detrimental evidence which the crown attorney had not adduc- ed. These two grounds were ab- and-oned, however. when the hear- ing commenced. counsel saying that, although there were two ob- jections. he could not produce evi- dence to substantiate them. `L1,. ,.].',J L.......... -A_.L,-.1 -`I ucuuc LU buubl/ctIlL121L8 LUSH]. He did. however, contend that the charge of Mr. Justice McEvoy u-nnduly and strongly urged a ver- dict of guilty upon the jury and had not emphasized" the evidence for the accused. T_'I TT t/ 1_--..____'_'|_, - - " 5 A` [of the barn in the former s farm ;and cO Nei1, because of the suspic- iious circumstances was taken into `custody. 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HODGES & SQNS With JOAN CRAWFORD and Carmel Myers MILK builds bone and muscle in growing child- ren-supplying needed lime and butter fat for which there is no sub,stitute. See to it that your Child drinks plenty of -milk during the winter months. Children need plenty of energy build- ing foods during these months. If _ Ulf nevvevr.-triedNl3arrie-Allandale Dairy milk you haven t yet had the liest. Our milk is delivered absolutely fresh-from our modern sanitary dairy---there is none better. l`,.11 .,- L- 1 , In-11 r\ COMEDY -_ GALLOPING GHOSTS ALSO THE LADY OF VlCTOET:}`ES A l`ECH:\7ICOLOR PRODUCHON . QNS - Phone 772 There is a Red Wagon on Every Street Every Morning Before Breakfast. Guard Ihe Child s Health |waww&@@@# An \\\ (2 Special for Saturday Matinee C2115; No. 5 MOTHER MACHREE (I SECTION 2 _PAGES 9 T0 1: