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LIST OF UNCLAIMEDMAILFOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 17, 1921. Mr. Clarence Bryant, Mrs. Theresa Christian, Mr. Oliver Cournealous, 23-34 ngen.. Alma M. Danielsen, (2) Mr. Joseph Daniels, Mr. Henry Daniel,} Christian N. Edwards, Mrs E. Fgrd, Miss Christian George, Barracks Hill, Mr. Charles Jackson, Emelia James, King St., William Joseph, Miss Elvina Julian, Lamplighter, Fort Louisa Augusta Light, Mrs. Clara Petersen, Miss Adiline Sasso, Mrs. A. Shall, Mr. Felix Simmons, ¢/o M, Simmons, Miss Czszrine Todmann, Rose Gate, Theo W. Wilbekin, King St., Miss Susanna [.. Williams, 15 Hill Street, Miss Threasea Woods, No. 1 Compgn_vt-v Sr. Jose Zaquievos. Post Office, Christiansted, Virgin Is- lands, December 19, 1921. B. L. LARSEN, Postmaster. The Home Service Committee will hold its last rogular meeting of the year this afternoon at 3.30 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. TOCAL, The S. S. ‘‘Lake El Monte’’ was due at Frederiksted at 6 o’ciock this morning. The S. S. ‘“‘Guiana’’ is due at Frederik- sted at 5 p. m. today. The ‘‘Creole’’ with mail for St. Tho- mas, Porto Rico and the States sailed from here at 6 p. m. yesterday. "here will be held an entertainment at the rooms of the Saint Croix Graded Grammar School this evening, the pro- moters being the teachers, and the per- formers the pupils, the proceeds going into tho School fund. It is hoped that each parent or guardian having direct interest in the work of the school will be represented, and that others not so interested will never:heless find it practicable to show encouragement by their presence, and incidentally giving some tangible support in the form of the small admission fee charged. The new crgan recently added to the inventory of the school will dischargea part of the evening’s programme. . Ssl Rl & ¥Vi5 ~ Correspondence To the Editor of *'St. Croix Avis.”’ Dear Sir: - According to the communication in your paper of yesterday’s date with the suggestion of a Football contest for Christmas second day. in which the Dreadnought No. 1 should participate, and must right here concur with the writer, but further suggest, first that the day be changed to Sunday, Christ- mas Day, for this reason, many groups and families find distraction in picnics and couniry outings on the day proposed; whereas on Sunday afternoon grown-ups and children long for some place of re- creation to fill the place of the woekly concerts to which they had b2come edu- cated, and did appreciate, but which, un- fortunately no longer obtains, secondly, practice becomes custom, and we are now accustomed to look forward with in- terest to Sunday afternoon’s pleasure, and find it in a hotly contested game of football. I therefore, at the request of several gentlemen, beg to promete through this medium, the year’s final football contest between Dreadnought No. 1 and the Native Stars on Sunday 25, Christmas Day at Parade Ground: this would be the last big mateh of 1921, and the openlng game of 1922 will be held on New Year’s Day between Athletic and St. Thomas Stars. In closing, [ beg to appeal to the cap- tains of the respective teams afore men- tioned, to give us such a pleasure, at which the public will surely co-operate by their hearty cheers and encourage- ment. Hoping that their sportive-like spirits may be touched, and this solicitation granted. I beg to ‘remain Yours for Sport : HA D The Murder Case. Preliminary Hearing of People vs. George Jemmott. Tre tragedy of Wednesday last has culminated in the arrest and preliminary trial of George Jemmott on the very grave Charge ot Murder. The preliminary was convened yester- day afternoon. An adjournment of the hearing until 9 p. m. brought the second and most interesting phase of this pro- ceeding, At 11.45 the court adjourned until 9 a. m. this morning. The prisoner was remanded in the custody of the Sheriff. We give below a summary of the hear- ing as condnated at the 9p. m. session of the court. The Court room was full to overflow- ing by a large number of residents of Frederiksted. The interest of the audi- ence in the conduct of the case was in- tense. Shortly before 9 p. m. the presiding magistrate, Judge C. H. Payne, took his seat on the Bench. Prisoner was brought into Court and the hearing commenced. The defense was conducted by Messrs. Noll and Curry. The people was unrep-esented as here was no Government Attorney present, and the presiding judge had to conduct the examination of the witnesses. Senior Attorney Noll for the defence here asked the court to permit his objec- tion made at the earlier hearing to be lead along with the ruling of the Judge on the point that had been raised. The learned counsel for the defence argued very strongly and forcibly and =t oreat length to establish his objection. He was ably supported in his argunsent by Junior Counsel for the defence (Curry) whose speech to the Bench was not only eloquent; but somewhat strik- ingly dramatic with here and there a touch of the pathetic. The Counsel for the defence at this time objected to an amended Complaint filed by what purports to be the people, printed, typewritten and visible only as the People--Plaintift vS. George Jemmott—Nefendant in that this particular amended Com- plaint did not charge that the alleged defendant had committed the erime of Murder in that the elements of the Crime of Murder, as set out and required, namely to wit, by Title 4 Chapter 5 Sec- tion I of the Code of Criminal Law are Jacking but it was sworn to and sub- scribed and alleged by one F. Coulter designated as Director of Police and one James Ross thereafter designated as District Chief of Police, that the said George Jemmott did on the 14 day of December 1921 in the sub-judicial Dis- trict of Frederiksted on the property No. 24 King Street in the said Town of Frederiksted wilfully and maliciously with a32 Calibre pistol did shont wound and kill the body and person of girl Caroline Jarvis, the said wound being made on the left side of her face under the jaw’’, WHEREAS it is provided by the law that the crime of murder con- sists as follows:—Chap. 5 of Criminal Cnde provides Section 1. ‘**Murderis the unlawful Killing ofa human being with malice aforethought. Counsel for defence now objected that complaint did not charge in that in ac- cordance with the Code the crime of mur- der consists of the ‘‘unlawful killing”’ whereas the complaint does not charge that the killinghas been wilful or that any living person has been killed either with intent or unintentionally or in any other manner as by Statute provided and no degree thereof is stated.