SUPREME COURT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8921, 14 September 1907, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

Mr Justice Button. Jtoore) who p i ea ,ded Harry Deeley j wlt (, the theft of not guilty was costs o{ gloyes> a * ad a fili overcoat, ft X,; n g £lO in money the pocket book «o“g eb «?i Crighton at Palproperty of odS 30th Aimust. merston Aorta stl iaming up said that the His Honor u jjj e themselves about jury need ® t he alleged theft of the the queefci o " sovereigns. There was pocket b oo * o yidence to prove the theft absolutely They had to consider of these ar waa taken by mistake ■Whether I c , . defence sought to prove, or as a deliberate theft. His w! r>f summing was not altogether Parable to the accused. after a retirement of a little more than an h6ur, returned and stated they were unable to agree. The foreman, on behalf of several jurors, askc 1 lor further direction on the question of the finding of the gloves. His Honor more fully explained the matter. The piry then against retired and the Court adjourned for lunch. After a consultation which lasted altogether 4| hours, the jury st tled they were imahlo to agree. The necu-od was ordered to bo re-tried at the L x tT sitting of the Supremo Court in Palmerston North. Bail was allowed as before, self in .£IOO, two sureties of £SO each.

tyilliam John Smith, who pleaded not _ a ;ity was Charged with having stolon L overcoat and the sum of £lO. the property of Harold Liddell, at Palmerston North, on August 2. , KiThe jury returned a verdict of ‘‘Guilty.” , , . , prisoner was remanded for sentence till 10 a.m. to-day.

Alexander McGlaslian (Mr limes), who leaded not guilty, was charged with breaking and entering a shop the property of Mathew Henry AValkor, of Foxtou, and of stealing therefrom tobacco ami cigarettes to the value of £lO. His Honor, in summing up, stated lie did not think there was suhicient evidence to iu-Ufy the jury in convicting accused. The jury retired at 3.45, and after an interval of 35 minutes returned a verdict of “Not Guilty.” The prisoner was then discharged. The Court was adjourned till 10 a.m. to-day.