JURY DISAGREES
THIRD TRIAL ORDERED DELAYED WHAKATANE CASE The new trial granted by the Court of Appeal of Alfred James Gillespie, hairdresser, of Whakatane, aged 38 (Mr Trimmer), was concluded on Wednesday before Mr Justice Callan. There was. one charge against Gillespie of unlawful carnal knowledge and two of indecent assault on a girl 13 years of age. The Crown Prosecutor, Mr V. R. Meredith, represented the Crown.
After a retirement of four hours and 40 minutes the jury was unable to agree. Mr Cleal, for the Crown, applied for a retrial at the next session and this was granted. Mr Trimmer applied for bail, which was fixed at £IOO, with one surety of £IOO, and special condi 7 tions, identical with those imposed earlier by the Court of Appeal, were again imposed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19470516.2.26
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 29, 16 May 1947, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
133JURY DISAGREES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 29, 16 May 1947, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in