SEQUEL TO BAZAAR
ALLEGED EXTORTION AT
AYAIPU
AUCKLAND. Oct. 29
At the Supreme Court Leva Elazina, a married woman, was charged with extortion at Waipu. R. N. Nitz, a gum-digger, stated that at a Christchurch bazaar he- and the defendant’s husband tied in guessing the length of a piece of string. in the deciding trial R. Nitz won a tea set-. The accused later wrote a letter making allegations against Nitz’s character, and threatening exposure unless the tea set was returned.
Air Justice Herdman, after hearing the evidence, instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of guilty, and formally- sentenced the accused to twelve months’ probation, stating that the sentence would he cancelled if the Court of Appeal decided that no crime had been committed, the legal question being that the accused extorted the tea set, not for herself, but for the committee.—P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9849, 30 October 1924, Page 3
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