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[press agency.] LATEST UNPUBLISHED. Wellington, May 31. In the full Court of Appeal this morning, judgment was delivered in the Otago gold-stealing case, Regina against Brown, which has a large bearing on partnership eases. The prisoner Henry Brown was indicted in Queenstown. Otago, for stealing and embezzling 64ozs gold, the partnerships property of himself and. John Mullor. At the trial the prisoner's council demurred to the indictment, stating he relied upon a judgment given by Mr Justice Richmond at Nelson in April, 1782, on a similar case, holding that under the " Larceny Act Amendment a partner could not be indicted for stealing partnership properly; in other words, holding that IheActof 1870 was a dead letter. The Chief Justice held that the indictment was good, but that the second, third, and fourth, were bad. All the other Judges read a written judgment concurring with that of the Chuif Justice, the demurrer iaised to conviction waß t herefore o verr uled. Dunejmn. Mny 31. In the Police Court this morning Mr Watt R.M. complained that the Dunedin Age took a delight in making what he said as ridiculous as posinle.
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Kumara Times, Issue 523, 31 May 1878, Page 2
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