A PECULIAR CASE.
A DEAF JURYMAN CAUSES ' RE-TRIAL.
(Per Press Association.) Christchurch, last night
At the Supreme Court to-day a young man namod Daniel Gunn was charged with having unlawful knowledge of' a girl between 12 and 16 years. I Jie jury returned after an hour’s retirofaeut, and it was announced that one of the jurors was atone deaf, and had not heard a word of the evidence. His Honor said it was a most peculiar occurrence, and the first of its kind that had happened in New Zealand to the best of his i
knowledge, although there had been sijpil.ar eases in England. Had the man's deafness been discovered before the jury retired he could have directed, with the consent of both sides, that the case be tried by the eleven jurors. The j ury having retired, however, that course could not be taken He was sorry, but the only courso open was to discharge the jury without a verdict. There was no alternative. The jury was accordingly discharged. The case against the accused was then adjourned till Monday next.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1745, 10 May 1906, Page 2
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