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Barrie Examiner, 30 May 1961, p. 5

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mm or JUSTICE MINISTER SentenCes Commutéd ii Jury Advise Mercy ny DON llANRIGItT Canadian Press Stall Writer OTTAWA CPIFume Minis ter Dielenbaker indicated Ilium day that his ebinet is leaning toward virtually automatic eonl mutation at death senteccs Ior murder in all cases where jury recommends mercy He also said he lover change whereby the lrightem tag experience at reviewing each murder case would be lilted mm the cabinet as whole and allowing the United Kingdom practice be made duty at the justice minister and the solicitorgeneral tilr Diclcnbaker made both points in an unexpected entry in the Commons debate on the governments bill on capital punishment The bill would end the pres ent system at mandatory death penalty or all murder convicts in over at two classes of murdercapital or planned and deliberate murder which would bring an automatic sen tence to the gallows and non cnpilal murder for which the penalty would be lile in prison No change in the system at executionby hangingis prolt posed by the government The prime ministers inter jection came during the clause byclause study of the hill that toilows second reading The de tailed study the bill already has received approval in nnn ciplecontinues today WOULD HELP ENSURE Mr Dielenbaker once noted criminal lawyer in Saskatche wan said the bill will go long way to ensur that mistakes the cilecution otan innocent manwill not happen in the tu lure One of my major concerns has been the danger ol the ex ecution at someone who had not committed the nttence he said Without elaborating he added 1th ear is not unjustilied by actual experience within our own country The prime minister stressed provision in the bill requiring murder trial judges to ask the jury in each casealter it has delivered its verdict on guilt or otherwise at the accusedwho ther it wants to recommend tor oragainst mercy Juries now have the right to recommend mercy but oiten do not realire it Mr Dielenbaker said In all cases where it has been recommended since the Conservatilo government took office it has been followed by cabinet colnmutation he said lllr Diefenbaker did not cite the figures But the justice de partment said that since June 1957 there have been 49 death sentenca handed down to per sons have been executed as have had their sentencu corn muted to tile imprisonmean cluding all 14 cases in which there was mercy recommen dation by the jury It was not always so he noted In the period 1m to 1957 there were about so recommen dations or mercy to which at ieet was not given by the ca blnet tell then and feel now that responsibility or carrying out the law and maintaining the solely of the public in each area depends on thejllry Having heard the evidence and come to the conclusion that an the basis at the low as ex plained to them by the judge verdict of guilty is the only one they can bring in jury ought nonetheless to have the right to add recommendation to mercy and having done that to expect that the royal prero gative be reasonably car ried out Stock Exchange Business Over FourFifths Canadian By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor More than tourliltlls of the business done on the Toronto Stock Exchange is of Canadian origin on exchange survey in dicates The survey used 10 days in January February and March as sampling and found the value of transactions wns di vided in origin in the allowing percentages Canadian 8252 per cent United States 1174 United Kingdom 306 European 190 others 78 In numbers of shares Cano dian and American activity took slightly higher proportions with the following percentages Ca nadian 8418 American 12572 United Kingdom 129 European 103 others 58 The survey is the first of its kind to be made by the ex change 78 SHARE LOWER The result shows Canadian participation higher and the American percentage to than expected However the pe riod has been one in which American exchanges themselves have been very active Transactions otcanadian or igin by value arose from the following sources Financial institutions 2047 per cent Canadian authorized non United Church Note Blameless Says Macleod KINGSTON CF Rt Rev Hugh MacLeod moderator at the United Church of Canada said Monday reliance on de vice now is one of the greatest beresies of the church Dr MacLeod spokerat the opening of the 1561 Baymt Quinte conference of the United Church of Canada being held at Queens University here this week United Church members have HURONIA naiveLN THEATRE PA H391 El member brokers 415 all other Camdian nomember broker general public goes into the lower price range and into more speculative stocks breakdown oi Canadian 54 all other Canadian custom GRAPH SHOWS results of the survey detailing origin of exchange transactions Per centages are Canadian £252 American 1174 United King dom European 190 others 07a CF Newsmapt origin transactions by number of shares indicates that finan cial institutions are buyers of higherpriced stocks while the criticized other churches or stressing devices Dr ltiacLeod said but the United Church was not blameless There was temptation to ior gel God and to become occupied with buildings and programs IMPERIAL now SHOthlll Adult Entertainment mama Ahmsamuen semen is DONALD HOUSYON DOKOYHY MUN ma non Mir stratum av tun Arrow UON INYKRNAUONAL RELEASE DlSRIEilJiD BY HANK FllM DtSYRlEUYORS era 6468 This breakdown shows linan elal institutions which ac counted tor 2047 at value ac counted tor only 1027 per cent In number The grouping called all other Canadian customers which accounted for 5468 per cent at value accounted for 7363 per cent in number Pearson Advises Dont Scrap Poetry MONTREAL tCPt Opposi slon Leader Lester Pearson warned the West Saturday night not to concentrate too much on practical science in ed ucation at the expense of the philosophy of freedom He told Sir George Williams University ting class there is greater danger today the West may panicked into balancing our educational values too much in favor of the practical and the scientific just hecauseya few men in Moscow have decreed that in their coun try there should be concen tration on missiles and rock a5 FAMOUS PlAVERS THEMRE Starts Tomorrow FEATUEE TIMES At 700 and 950 pm THE WOMAN IN THE MIDNIGHT LACE gt fireman TEMPTAIIDN 0R TERWR DORIS REX DAY HARRISON JOHN GAVIN 12 COLOR Willi iii Will Will HERBEillJMRStMtl linen mm Dillmlllils mane omen antler emanrmmaur PLUS CARTOONS AND NEWS LAST TIMES TODAY FEVER 1N BLOOD AT 905 PM TOWARDS UNKNOWN Adult Entertainment Eaten Not ProRed Onlyllealistic EVELAND AP Cyrus Eaton controversial Cleveland industrialist said Monday night onhisreturntromatripto Bulgaria that be is in no sense pro Communist but is only taking realistic View toward communism This was his answer to charge at pro Communism in report prepared tor the in ternal security subcommittee ol the Senate judiciary committee made public during the week end by Senator Thomas Dodd Dem Conn Eaton said that naming could be further mm the truth than the charges by Doddslsubcorn mittoe that the Pugwnsh Con ferences sponsored by then yearold millionaire have been used as media tor Communist propaganda gt Eaton said it was with great diliicutty that the Soviet Union was persuaded to send its scl entlsta to the meetings held an nually at his ancestral home in Nova Scotia Russia feared that the con lereneea and its scientists would be used tor anti Communist purposes ho said 1311561le elites exceptional far one set Of tires STOCK MARKET Prices Plummet On US moonlo or as Memorial Day holiday brought the Toronto Stock Exchange its lovmt morning volume since Nov 11 1960 Prices tell trac tionally Dominion Stores Canada Packers BHardeeFarms and Loblaw all dropped in indus trials which tell 194 to 57694 on the exchange index Western oils were down 19 lo 38 Golds rose 06 to It and base metals 75 to 19618 The 11 am volume was 341 000 shares compared with tea 000 at the some tlmo hlonday Montreal and Nova Scotia banks were off 34 to to and 71 and Canadian Bank of Commerce st to as Industrial Acceptance Corporation tell is to wit Most other major maps were quiet Specialsized transactions in cludcd 2000 shares of Canadian General investments at $3494 Mining trading was light Nor anda and Consolidated Mining and Smelling 11 to 46 and Thisoctual mileage was obtained byMr Port Credit Onluv ay Holiday ms Geco was ahead ti to lei in golds Dome was up it to 11 The market tattered badly Monday NOON DOLLAR MONTREAL CPlTbe 15 dollar was at discount of 741 per cent In tonne at Cana dian funds the Bnnr oi Mont real reported near noon today The noon rate Monday was on 2332 Pound sterling $275 iris up als NET EARNINGS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Eathurst Power and Paper Co Ltd mos ended March 31 1961 8356423 1960 $350359 Canadian Aviation Electronics Ltd year ended March at BARBIE EXAMINER TUESDAY MAY maul HM TODAYS STOCK PRICES Compiled by Flynn 13 Dunlap st IL nun moorsus can Paw Consumer on on so Dom Iona Don Stnru Dam iar amour 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011 1961 $455575 5130 slim 1960 $507207 5154 Pnto Consolidated Gold Dredg ing Ltd year ended Dec 1960 $506143 14 cents share 1959 $56335 to cook Maxwell of hard or on bad roads would be likely to get less miles as 700 mu And owners of low horsepower ears might get morale it depends on driving conditions gt Ihats why mileage claims are controversial Mileag depends not only on tire quality bill on the type way it is handled and the roads on which it is dr What one driver gets another may not The impoltant feel to remember is age you get between brands could find out by drving your car comparing the mileage Therejs results of the Comparative Mileage Tea Goodyeah

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