A NEW TRIAL
IN CASE AGAINST COMMUNIST;
DISAGREEMENT AMONG JURY. (per Press Association — Copyrikjhi.) V AUCKLAND, July 29. In the Edwards case, summing up, His Honor pointed; out that the most dangerous type in the community might be, not the man who was openly, violent, but the man who was fluent with his tongue, and perhaps saturated with undesirable literature, and who influenced, his fellows to take part in such proceedings as those of. April,.^. There was ample "evidence that Edwards was associated with the procession that night, and ample evidence thqt the rioting was not a sudden expidsi&h, but. was premeditated. In suph circumstances, as arose, the police wse fully justified in using their and if Edwards did as he said he Uhl —•urge these people to take the batojj# from the police “and use no-violence” —then he was undoubtedly encouraging a riot.; What right had he, when the police were discharging their duty to encourage his men to seize their batons?
The jury,' after a four. hours’ retirement, disagreed. A new trial hris been ordered.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1932, Page 5
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177A NEW TRIAL Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1932, Page 5
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