SUPREME COURT.
-•j ; CRlMlifAL.^iTTl|is. [Before hi» 'Honor: iks. Juafcicjs Gillies.] >■: ;' yESTE^)AT^ OBTJisiapaMoMaY psdbb'Faesb Fbbtskcbs. Andrew Ran&iii wai^qfiarjied with obtal -\ ing a cheque for £15 from Mes«rs Sharp and Pickering, by representing himself to be the owner of a fourth share in a mining lease at West Waoganui, whereas ha at the time really owned a much smaller share. l<vi-dsnc9%via«-beetrj«ard;, Mr <FeU addressed .tßg jurip for the nroaecutfon, Wdl the judge I in summing np poihtfd out the difficulty that existed in distinguishing between actual fraud and a. simple misrepresentation of (acts The jury after an absence oraTewifiinaearriS^: turned .with & verdict of Not Gu : 'ty v ... -, ........ - : - .--LAgOSHY.;—^ ..-^ Rubina. Askew was charged with larceby' frora the Exchange Hotel. 6 Mr Fell appeared :£or Jthe progecntion^and ;]Mr,tfitt for th 9 defence. The evidence has already been published at length in the Evening Mail. Daring the r he»ring of the case several important l&jri ss bts were laf«e# w^flTmi^r^f* ,Bam t mfir{3ids aa follo^:~f8|. Tttut as Shef 1 goode were never removecT from Ine bolKJinf K , a^lafcepy, heyj not been coaimittoj]; 2nd, That M -tiKrefhta fcesa fpiaftiieaf^Qere^was no proof to liapllb.fe- thr prMerA3rd)That if she weie pcaved to bo gailty, the presampeira would be thst as a married woman she was acting under tha coercion of her hnsbaad. y ;The .evident for the prosacation haviagr closed, Mr Pittf called witnesses to speak to the prisoner's character, and then mad© an able speech la her defeqee. JMx. Fell ;feilowla^foE f&| pt^jle«4tl«o^iKl^ was addressing the jury when wa weais to
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 320, 1 December 1875, Page 2
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254SUPREME COURT. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 320, 1 December 1875, Page 2
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