UNSUCCESSFUL PERJURY.
AUCKLAND, January 17. After threw days' trial Jamas- S. Gibbons, oharged with the burning down of his factory at Onehungo, was acquitted. The Judge summed op strongly m favor of the accused, and the jury, In delivering their verdict, expresaod sympathy with the acou?ed fn the pooidon m which he had bee^ placed ty the yit'Oßecullon. His Honor paid ihe vardict waß n righteous one, and he hoped the p'lnc pal witness for 1 the prorecutfon would shortly be m tbe position m wbftih he deserved to be. The accused left the Court m company with his wife, daughter, and friends, amid warm ongratufatlona
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1459, 18 January 1887, Page 3
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106UNSUCCESSFUL PERJURY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1459, 18 January 1887, Page 3
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