CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER
JURY FAILS TO AGREE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, August 29. The Supremo Court was occupied to-' day in rehearing tho case in which Whaingawa Wirihana was charged with the manslaughter of a newsboy at Hastings. Accused's motor-car collided with the toy's bicycle, and the collision caused tho latter's death. This was tho third trial, and tho jury failed again to agree, and a new trial was applied for. Tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) said the requirement of unanimity in the jury in theso cases was a uorfect farce.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 5
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92CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 5
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