Case Against Dr Liston
PROCEDURE DESCRIBED. TRIAL BY JUDGE 'AND COMMON JURY. WELLINGTON, April 3. When Cabinet, acting on the report of the Crown Law Office, decided that proceedings should he taken against Bishop Liston on a charge of seditious utterance, further action became a matetr for attention by the Auckland police. Th© procedure in such cases is that information is laid by the police and a summons to. answer the charge is served upon, the defendant. Th® information is first heard by a magistrate, whose duty it is to determine whether there is a prim a facie case to • answer.. If he so determines, and if the defendant pleads not guilty, the I defendant is committed for trial at I the Supreme Court, j If the grand jury returns a true I bill, thus affirming that there is a case to be answered, the trial is held before a judge and a common jury of twelve in the Supreme Court in Auckland. If the cas© goes that far the prosecution will he handled by Mr Y. <R- SMeredith, Crown Prosecutor at Auckland.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1922, Page 4
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183Case Against Dr Liston Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1922, Page 4
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