MUNGANA CASE
(Australian Press Association.)
BRISBANE, August 11
At the heaiug of the Mungana case, Chief J notice Bla.r reserved judgment on a motion submitted by counsel for the defence for non suits in regard to all of the defendants. Chief .Justice Blair held that if lie took the case from the. jury, and if the Appellate Court held against him, the parties would be put to the expense of a new trial. Counsel contended: (1) That the Crown had failed to disclose conspiracy; (2) that Mr Theodore was not associated, with “any common design (3) that the moneys paid bv Air McCormack into Mr Theodore’s bank account were not in respect of the sale of the Mungana Alines. The Attorney-General, Mr Mac
Gronrt.v, in reply, claimed that the Crown did not have to prove any concerted acts by direct evidence. A
Conspiracy, he said, was a mere ma.tr tyter of influence, and there was an irrestible inference of a conspiracy. Counsel for the defendants to-day intimated that they did not intend to call any evidence for the defence. The hearing has not yet concluded.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1931, Page 3
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