ABRUPT ENDING TO TRIAL
ACQUITTED AT JUDGE’S DIRECTION. Special Service. Palmerston North, February 9. The case in the Supreme Court in which Richard George Harland was charged before Mr. Justice MacGregor with unlawful carnal knowledge, came to an abrupt conclusion after the evidence of a girl of fourteen years of age had been heard. His Honour considered there could be no corroboration as the statement made by the girl in the first place had not been voluntary. His Honour directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, which they did wtihout leaving the court.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 26
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96ABRUPT ENDING TO TRIAL Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 26
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