THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
PROVOCATION. NO JUSTIFICATION. Wanganui, Last Night. The re-hearing of the trial of William Owen for an assault on one 1 Butler, whom accused found with his wife, was taken to-day and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. In sentencing prisoner, Mr Justice Reed said he would take the ease as one of common assault. Prisoner had been rightly convicted, and any jury that failed'to convict on the evidence given would he committing a breach of their oath. He would take into consideration the jury’s recommendation of mercy, hut at the same time he wanted to point out that no man could take the law into his own hands, and it would therefore be necessary to inflict some punishment upon him. It would he light / almost too light, His Honour added. Owen would have to pay the cost of the prosecution, for he had no valid defence. His Honour imposed a fine of £5 and ordered him to pay the cost of the two prosecutions, amounting to £l7 15s 6d. Six months was given Owen in which to pav the amounts. m
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2545, 20 February 1923, Page 2
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185THE UNWRITTEN LAW. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2545, 20 February 1923, Page 2
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