“A PUBLIC PLACE”
QUESTION IN PROSECUTION RETRIAL OF BRENTNALL The retrial was continued in the Supreme Court this morning befoie Mr. Justice Blair, of William Brentnail on six charges of indecent exposure at Huia. The jury had previously disagreed. Late in the proceedings yesterday the question arose as to whether the scenes of the alleged offences were actually situated in a public place. His Honour intimated that if the Crown did not prove the incidents to have occurred in a “public place” he would have to direct the jury’s attention to that on a point of law. He was in an embarrassing position, as he was chairman of the v T ater commission and knew the place was not a public one. Air. Beckerleg, counsel for accused, pointed out that there were three main charges, which would have to be sustained to convict Brentnall, or in the event of their failure there were three alternative counts for which “in a public place” was essential. Counsel made further submissions bearing on the latter aspect of the case this morning, when his Honour ruled that so far as the alternative charges were concerned, there was no case to go to the jury. v (Proceeding)
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 354, 15 May 1928, Page 13
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