KARERE MURDER
(Press Assn.-
ACCUSED MAN BEFORE COURT MAGISTRATE REFUSES BAIL
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PALMERSTON N., Monday. Norman Robert Decke, a farm hand, aged 19 years, appeared before Mr. Stout, S.M., charged that on or about August 23, at Karere, he did murder Edwin John Blakeway. The police made application for a remand until Tuesday, November 10. Counsel for accused applied for bail under Section 368 of the Crimes Act. This, he said, left the granting of bail for a eharge of murder to the discretion of the magistrate. The present case was not one, he contended, in which bail could not be given without permission of the Supreme Court. The police strongly objected to bail. "We will be ready to proceed in a week," said Senior-Detective Quirke. "Unless there are special circumstances I do not think bail should be granted in this class of crime," said Mr. Stout, who refused the application. The remand was granted.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 61, 3 November 1931, Page 3
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