FLAX FIRE CASE.
SPEIKS V. WALL. JURY DISAGREE. After occupying nineteen days, the hearing of the Shannon flax fire ease, C. 11. Speirs v. P. E. A Vail, a claim for £11,()()() damages, was concluded last night. The evidence was finished mi Wednesday, and Thursday and yesterday were occupied hy addresses hy counsel and the judge's summing up.
Tlic jury retired :il 4.15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and returned :it 25 minute's to nine, when ihe torem;m reported tlmt the jury Ji:itl disagreed.
-Mr .Justice Fdwards: That is a, pity, is there no possibilitv of a, verdict ?
Foreman: There is no chance unless counsel will agree to a
majority verdict. The Judge: 1 don't think counsel will agree to tint I. Foreman: There i> no po.-sihility of a unanimous verdict, and I don’t think that a nine to three verdict is possible. The Judge in discharging the jury said: 1 have to thank yon for your very great attention in a long, uninteresting. tiresome and boresome ease, which has had no entertaining features.
The .jury was then discharged
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1594, 5 August 1916, Page 2
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177FLAX FIRE CASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1594, 5 August 1916, Page 2
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