THE LONGHURST CASE.
« The views we (Post) expressed as to the most unsatisfactory and iv- ! conclusive result of the late conspiracy case are strongly endorsed by the Timaru Herald, which remarks : — *' If | LoQo-hurst C"iild be condemned to a j horrible punishment through a conspiracy, aud kept in prison aiter his innocence had been proved, through the apathy or incompetency of the authorities, than any other person may any day find hirnseif in a similar predicament, and justice in New Zealand is a mockery, and the administration of justice is a bcandalous disgrace. But what is so exasperating 1 is that, owing 1 to the thrice cursed refinements and technicalities of the criminal law anri the procedure of the Courcs. it is utterly impossible for anybody To find out whether the Adauises did or did not wrong-fully procure the conviction of Lonuhurst orwhetur-r Lori^hurst's t innocence is or is not proved by the evidence on which the Adamses wore wrongfully convicted from the le^al point of view. All that is known of the case at the present sta^e has no orh^r tendency than to destroy the respect of the pub;ic for either the uovernment or the Supreme Court.''
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 51, 13 December 1882, Page 3
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197THE LONGHURST CASE. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 51, 13 December 1882, Page 3
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