THE WELLINGTON TRAGEDY:J;

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 13

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SHERIDAiN \)OMMITTia3 FOR TRIAL. I <-. * ■_.' "WELX.INGTON, January 15. f James Malachy Sheridan was charged, on i remand, at the Police Court this morning, before MrJ"W. G. Riddell ' S-M.*, with the of -John "William M'Nally at Wellington', on. the 3rd^of January. , ? ,Mr Myers 1 prosecuted on " behalf of the .police, ana .accused was defended by Mr "Gray. After evidence ha^ been itaken bearing out the circumstances telegraphed at the time of-'the Mr,* .Gray ° submitted th«»t; this was not a case for committal. There was no probability or possibility on the evidence of.- accused being convicted by a jury of the offence with which he was i charged *o> t afiyiso^r^e|fce > ?' gfcf!? (*£} 'yf I' Mr Myers said; the guestion_ the. courthad to determine ,wafi whether ,a' prima 1 facie case" had been made out. '-. it znigat i be that wKen the case came befoge a higher court the^indibtment would- her' laid in a different form.. , .^.., '-',-?. "U.., Accused was 'sommitted for, trial. , was allowed as formerly. (