SUPREME COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 603, 3 September 1909, Page 9

SUPREME COURT.

• A PETONE CASE TWICE TRIED. " > eOTTJJSMi AND .WITNESS EXCHANGE PLT-ASA.NTRIES. - A eenni jury was empanelled -.' yesterday BieifiiiSj' ts '.heiir tha ease of John Tailored, ■ who.'-it »Vari»4' witV Vising broken 'and en- ' iihi tfc» shcp tiid dwelling of' louis Trumami/tebaceonist, of Petone,: with intent to comiuitV«,.'erim«.y When.Tancred was before thi Court on Monday, August 23, tho jury dis-r - ajread.' ' ifogUjpn prosecuted, .and Mr; -Wilford conducted tin defence, ■ -. .liiila' Trtramnn, the complainant; stated that lt.#» l .kis-jrMtiee'to'-coßie into Wellington on Wwlnertaj afternoons for the purpose of reJlrtijViM "bis; stoelt/On 1 the - afternoon of ibckihg.the doors and windows ' efhisr shop . .and ; dwelling,. and hi saw. the awiissd.ana another, mail'with & eraoked/noso . l»*lriMr through; ,the back window. Witness t>U tkeav to 'go - round to the side door, and ,!• kri. sold.accused .a...packet..of. cigarettes. ...He. etna to Wellington,; and • returned to Petone at ' B.SI p.m. The. back window of his i pre- . jsu»is .'had been forced j o'jion,' the-.loek of a . iiHr inside hid been brokon, and the bedroom signs'-of having been.-'ransncked.-■ - Mil;Wilford:';.When vpur shop is shut, Mr. ' Trniiahn.you , still- ,s4ll cigarettes and tobacco, . -.itjybanot,- on Wednesday. afternoons and Sun- ; diys?—"No, I do not." : ; You need not'be ..afraid, Mr. Trrimann; lam * not„gding to proseeutis you.. Would.:you sell ;/oifjirattts.to people you knew?—"Oh,'-'yes.'' P>jpu would not 'open your. front door oh a i'v-WMflesday'afternoon. td sell n," packet; of- oifra-. /./'rettes? Of co.urso, everybody admits'that thb accused went round to tho back, and asked for "■.a picket of'.cigarettes. A polioeman in; JackEonr.Street.- would. easilysee-/you.'if-yoU; wire soiling''' : from , tho door .in . Jacksonj Street?— '"Tho policeman cannot touch mo on -Wednes- . alternons:. ; it- ois ' tho Inspector of\Factories.", ■- . '•

;. tit.y'ou might be.caught?—"l am not afraid 'it ;jl» police; it is riot'in their lino." (Laughit«:X-«''. -' ■■■ - >;■:- :Vrvv vy::-" ''■'■■-ri- jiio' you .give. graphaphono .concerts on. Sat-, ■ts.-sia.-j nights, nnd-Sell to any people who'coine? '(laTUkter.),But that has nothing to do with ?.:tki3:«e.s6. -. '■;'.-/■ -"-'.,' ..'•• • . tit. police 'cut the panes out of the-hack Tri»dow,: and. took;the finger prints on them? ■ —vHey/did not^.r-,■;.: > ■■-'' ,: :";.:,. ."■■ "Did-they not-take th<h.finger prints.?.-r-'They. 'te'»V,'tke whole, window, away/' /(Laughter.); .'..:Vr*tfd you catch:me?—"Yes." ■ ■• ;, Tk'rtr'sftid Mr. .TVilford, if I.take your wbolo Mitpl'.Sj) hot "take your, trousers, oh? ! (Laugh''t«i;),:/!!.:''-''■.■■■:■ ■■■■.'■ >•••."'. /■'•.: :'-■-■ ■>■:'■ Jesss-iStuart. Griffiths, ' master •. plumber, ■ of. Petine/-deposed -that, -.-.or.' the afternoon.; in question,': he' saw acoused- and another- 'man,'wkelriKhe did not know by name, at the rear *l -Trumann's premises. - ■ Accused, was, using \ a ■ tnaahawk. on.the:catoh ,of - the door,. the . two siei.entered, and iwhen'-they came* out theyvaulted 'over the back '•' fence.: - - -.... - ■--'- ■:■ DetectiveQUarterraain described--the: finger -pri»ti/6n the window;-and the. evidenco given by-Dettetive Cassells in the Magistrate's Court *s.'re>the : arrest-.of. the. accused, was. read', to. tie'jury. ■/■: ■.•.:■:; Ifr.'-.Wilford galled Mr. -F... W. Jackson, -who defended;, the'- accused, "in . .the- Magistrate's .\Ceurt.'- I 'Tbe witness said:that ho' h'a'd'ovidence. steady:'at .that time, to :establish an- alibi, but it-'iwas -not" tendered, 'because 'the. magistrate decided-that a prima -facie -case; had been made 'miMi'.;'.';.-' "■':■ ■:':■'■ ' '.-.■.■'■".'•'. '-'-.'.'.,': ■'-'.•.- : ''■■'■.■'■■ i O.ireniTnncred. -brother of: accused, stated tkat he, was at his brother's -house, in Petono wbea-Detective: Cassclls ;:ahd:. Mr. Griffiths c«Tled.:-V-:Thß'.'detectjye'-).qn6sKoned",him„ i regard-Ing-'the robbery,: and charged,him with 1 having beel'.V'af Trumann's. -.- Griffiths said nothing ' during -the interview,-,neT. did he ■- point out. tbjittwitness was not .the mari. ;

'"-. E-{ioVnte,-.with.'a t view Mo. proving an; alibi; #aj,'gireh. by. Jam'e.v.Green' (labourer), KiehBinSßertram Hedgson''(labd<ir«r), ■ and /Albert, infjobwn (butcher), all' of Petohc; "/" The; Jury, after, four hours' deliberatioi; ,r»;. turned -cat 9.10 -p.m., when. the. foreman .:rs.therr./verdict.'.' '-'•'■■',-'.■'>"'■•.■'■ '.--"-'' ' :'," ; They '-'.wSre.v:therefore, 'discharged;' and--Mr. ■ MyeW'on behalf, of >tho=Crown, asked'for a new, ■ (thitd) trial. i . .--:-.. ; .. : ; : : '!-■ ..-•' '■':'.: ■-. - .Hjs;. Honour: made .-an-lorder accordingly;: but askei-that. the iCaseish6uld,.bo menj:ip,ned to-morrow .morning..,' ,-, ...: : V', -~'■.." '■:.-■■■■