SERIOUS CHARGE FAILS.
t Invercargill, February 18. In the --Supreme Court the jury i returned a verdict of not guilty - against D’Arcy Kerr,, a farm labourer, who was charged with rape ) on a girl of seventeen, who rel fused to reply when asked whether i stie consented. The Crown Prosecutor said that lie did not propose to carry the case further. His Honour remarked that it would lie unsafe, even highly dangerous, to record a conviction.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4417, 20 February 1930, Page 3
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76SERIOUS CHARGE FAILS. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4417, 20 February 1930, Page 3
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