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CHARGE OF FRAUD. CASE OF BETTING TELEGRAM. (By Telegraph—Pei Press Association) WELLINGTON, (July 28; , Charged with- conspiring to defraud and .with .attempting -to defraud: iby .means of.a; false telegram, John Mhitland, a labourer; was acquitted by .the jury after an hour’s retirement j> tonight: ; j .-. :• 1 ;, The case • concerned ;•; a Iterations, allegedly made in a telegram to. Williams, who is a bookmaker in Palmerston North'd :the. :rihme\‘; “‘High Pitch” being .substituted for “Singleton.” High Pitgli ! ptli'd! a dividend.' T which would have returned Mali thin d £l3B 15s. ARSON CHARGE. MAN ACQUITTED. TIM ABU. July-28. William Watson, a labourer, appeared, on retrial, at the ■ Supreme Court to-day,' oil a charge of wilfully setting fire to the Anglican Parish Hall at Temuka, early on the-ihbrn ing ot" March Stiff '■ . After a retirement of thirteen minutes, the jury returned a Verdict of not guilty. - ■ ; • CAUSING BODILY HARM. ■ h “ DUNEDIN, July 28/; David Wilson Forsyth was found guilty in the Supreme Court to-day on a charge of, with intent, causing actual bodily harm. Mr Justice Kennedy remanded him, so that the Minister of Justice could, if he thought fit, cause an inquiry to be made into the prisoner’s mental condition
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1931, Page 3
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