SUPREME COURT.
REMARKABLE CASES,
By Telograph—PressjAssooiation. Dunedin, last night. The second trial of Win. Frederick Lowry of having assaulted a young woman named Barr with intent, was concluded to-day, when the second jury were unable to agroo. The Crown Prosecutor intimated that ho would bring on the case again at the next criminal sittings. In Chambers an application was made to have Thos. Eiliott Walton, insurance manager, adjudicated a bankrupt. Evidence was given that Walton, who had been manager of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company, had been absent from Dunedin since July 13, and was not expected to return. One witness lent Walton £213 on the security of his life insurance policy, which had proved to have lapsed, and on-'vhe furniture, on which it turned out there was a prior claim. Walton had made a declaration that he did not owe a penny, while it turned out that he owed between £llOO and £ISOO. The petition for adjudication was granted. Timaru, last night.
At the Supreme Court this afternoon the jury failed to agreo in the case of breaking and entering theTemuka railway station. The jury were discharged. Joseph Linton was found guilty of stealing £l3 from the person, in the case of “ taking on ” drunken men, and was sentenced to six months.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 520, 17 September 1902, Page 2
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