COURT NEWS.
AN ACQUITTAL. GJSBORNE, .November 13. At the Supreme Court, before 'lr •Justice Blair, a Maori named John Lignel Baker, was acquitted at bis trial on a charge of stealing five tows, or^ alternatively, of receiving the jeoivs knowing them to have been stoicii.v, At the previous session the .jury.;: had failed to agree, and the retrial took place yesterday ,/'r ■ : ..... BANKRUPTCY. 4? A UCK riAND, November 13. Judge Herd man granted a discharge in bankruptcy to Thomas A:'O’Brien. 1 picture theatre proprietor. In view of' the large amount involved;, lie had adjourned the ease, as he desired more information. As the Official Assignee had reported, the investigation of debtor’s affairs did not disclose any offence under the penal clauses of the Bankruptcy Act, lie proposed to grant the dischargo. The order could be cancelled if anything : transpired within ten years.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1930, Page 3
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142COURT NEWS. Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1930, Page 3
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