AN APPEAL
IN MUNN CASE, AGAINST CHILDREN’S EVIDENCE. (By Telegrapn—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 28. It is regarded as almost certain that the Court of Appeal will be called upon to consider the admissibility of certain evidence which was heard during the Munn trial, but no definite decision on the matter has yet been reached. On the first day of the hearing in the Supreme Court, counsel for the defence, Mr E. H. Northeroft, raised an objection to the hearing of the evidence of the children of Munn’s first marriage regarding the relations existing between the accused and his wife during the twelve months prior to her death. Mr Northeroft asked the judge to reserve this question for the Court of Appeal, and he did not. It is stated that the grounds of the objection are that the evidence did not deal with an actual offence, but was calculated to prejudice Munn. The Court of Appeal has the power to order a new trial, or to quash the conviction, if it upholds the objection.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1930, Page 1
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174AN APPEAL Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1930, Page 1
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