Legal Peculiarities.
" f " : iiair f ;' ifii a; cbo»icaj thing. Three iailoirs to the Kiiigarobma l! lately " £01; on the spree "'when <ra shore &t Wellington^stole'a desk "from a publichouse containing £360 worth of valuable securities, took it oh board with them, broke the desk open at mid-night, and pelted one another with the desU and the securities until they r) were tirei.. They then turned m, and ' the n^tWatchman carefully' burned what^was le;t oi the desk and papers, so" that his mates should not get into trouble. Fqrth'w frolic they had to Answer M''the. Supreme Court, < when judge, KichnQond, to the bowi.lderment . of the jury and delight of the prisoners, ; to direct the former to acquit the. » shell-backs " on. the'igrbund; that no felonious intent had* been shown. The feelings of the unlucky prosecutor may be imagined, bat not described.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 109, 16 April 1883, Page 3
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139Legal Peculiarities. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 109, 16 April 1883, Page 3
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