THE PAEROA BURGLARY.
FINGER-PRINT EVIDENCE JURY FAILS TO AGREE. George Southern (Mr McLiver) was before the Auckland Supreme Court on Wednesday to answer the charge of burglariously entering the Farmers’ Union Trading Company’s store at Paeroa. Despite expert police evidence that there was finger-print evidence to show that the prisoner had handled the broken glass at the door of the premises, the jury failed to agree upon a verdict. Counsel contended that while the expert had said there were twelve points of similarity between the print on the glass and one of Scothern’s finger-prints obtained by the police, no mention had been made of the number of dissimilar features in the two prints. He added that it was impossible for the accused to produce an expert who could say whether the police expert was right or wrong. The jury was discharged, and, on the application of Mr S. L. Patterson, for the Crown, »View trial was ordered for Monday.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4659, 8 February 1924, Page 2
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159THE PAEROA BURGLARY. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4659, 8 February 1924, Page 2
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