HAD RIGHT TO BURN DOWN HIS HOME
Roccivi (1 Tuesdav, S p.m. SYDXLY, Oct. 21. A moa was tlic ruler of liis castle and cuuld do wluil lio iikcd with it. A charge of arson could not be sustaim?d in a case in which he burned down his home ualfss ftiere was proof of intcnt to injure. Cnunsel for ITarold Thonias Godsell, a 51 vearohl luarkel gardener, made this saiiiaissioii in Ihe Quarter Hessions today when Godsell was ehargod "\v it Ii malieiously selting fire. to his home wilh intoit to injnre. Aeling Judge Lamara agreed with this view and directed the jurv to a'Mjnit delVndant. Jfle said that in an ar-on easv it was necessary for the I'rown to prove intent to injure or defraud. Tliis had not been done. Godsell had act od qnito openelv "while nnder the inlluenee of alcohol and aiinovanee. ' ' When qnestioned by the J'oliee he had said, "you have uothing "ii me. I can 1mm down my own jdaee if T want to, " which statement was subslanlially true.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 October 1947, Page 5
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174HAD RIGHT TO BURN DOWN HIS HOME Chronicle (Levin), 22 October 1947, Page 5
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