Two Men Sent to Prison Discharged, Given Costs Two men who had been: convicted and sentenced to imprisonment by Mr.-E. C. P. Boyd, the Marlborough Street magistrate, for alleged offences under the Dangerous Drugs Regulations successfully appealed at London Sessions recently against conviction and sentence. The convictions were not supported and the men were discharged, states the "Manchester Guardian."
They were Robert Edward Clement, who had been -sentenced to three months' hard labour for possessing 116 grains of diamorphine hydrochloride, being not duly authorized, and Thomas Robert Brookins, stated to be an American citizen, who had been sentenced to one month in the second division and recommended for deportation for possessing 75 grains of the same drug.
Mr. G. G. Raphael, for the Director Public Prosecutions, said that the fects of the case were a little unusual.
On January 5 a telephone message was received at Scotland Yard as the result of which an officer went to the West End and there found two registered letters addressed to the appellants. These letters were found Formerly wearing glasses constantly, many now
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