JURY DISCHARGED.
UNUSUAL PROCEDURE. Hamilton, February 29. There was an unexpected development in the Supreme Court case this morning, when a young piano salesman, Raymond Gifford, was charged with so negligently driving a vehicle as to cause the, death of Leslie Spencer, aged 20, in a collision which occurred between the defendant’s car and Spencer’s mo-' tor-cycle at five crossroads, Claudelands, on December 19. The case had proceeded some distance when His Honour, after a few minutes’ adjournment, said that it had been reported to him that a member of the jury had been a fellow-worker of the deceased. To avoid a question concerning the fairness of the trial, and with the concurrence of both counsel, Mr. Justice Blair discharged the jury, and a new one will be empanelled to-morrow. The Court thereupon adjourned for the remainder of the day.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3761, 1 March 1928, Page 2
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140JURY DISCHARGED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3761, 1 March 1928, Page 2
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