MURDER TRIAL
AFTER BEING ACQUITTED (United Pres* Association—By Electro Telegraph—Copyright.’* OTTAWA, December 28. For the first time in history an acquittal in a murder case has been disallowed by the Supreme Court, thus forcing a citizen to place his life in jeopardy twice for the same offence. On an appeal by the New Brunswick At-torney-General, a new trial bag been ordered for Norman Pitts, who was acquitted by a jury of slaying a neighbour in an affray.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1932, Page 5
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77MURDER TRIAL Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1932, Page 5
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