SUPREME COURT.
SITTING AT HOKITIKA. MONDAY, JUNK 30th. (Before Tlis Honor Mr Justin' Admits) Tilß KINU V. NASH. Uichard Arthur Nash was charged Lluit on or it limit the 1-th tlnv of Jnnuirv In' did break noil ontnr bv night tile shop of I’eter Ste|>hens, mid steal i <) nil it ti tv of goods of a Villon of L‘22, mihl further that he did steal the said • 'noils and turther tlial he received the said ninills knowing them to have heen unlawfully ohtstilled. .Mr James Park a|i|ieared lor the Crown. Tin • accused who was undefelidecl by counsel, pleaded not guilty. AFTERNOON SITTINC. TIIK VERDICT. The Jury returned at 1.1 I p.m. when the foreman ashed liis Honor if Sergt. Kint' had obtained a sinned statemeu! that •‘this was my whaeh of Stephens robbery” front the accused. On receiving a reply in the uveal ive I rum his Honor, the jury again retired, returning at 4.15 p.m. with a verdict of Not Cuilty” on iill charges.
The prisoner was then discharged, and the jury wer* l relieved I rum further nttendanee. IN CHAMBERS.
In chambers, on the application of Mr Park, his Honor admitted .Mr A. D. Block as a barrister of the Supreme Court.
The session closed at 1.20 p.m
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1924, Page 3
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210SUPREME COURT. Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1924, Page 3
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