NEW TRIAL ORDERED
GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST BAGBY JURY FAILS TO AGREE Press Association MASTERTON, Tuesday. A new trial has been ordered by Mr. Justice Ostler in the case in which Walter Scott Bagby, a well known jockey, was charged with having on April 14, 1928, committed rape upon a Masterton girl 18 \ years of age. A second charge against Bagby was that he had indecently assaulted the girl. A third charge, that he had committed an indecent act in a place to which the public have access, was struck out. Accused, who was represented by Mr. T. M. Wilford, pleaded not guilty. Mr. R. R. Burridge conducted the case for the C.rown. The offence was alleged to have been committeed at the rear of a dance hall. Complainant stated that she returned to the hall alone, only in time to dance part of the last dance, but a number of witnesses for the defence testified that she returned with Bagby in time to dance in the last two dances. The jury retired at 5.55 p.m. and returned at 10 p.m., having failed to agree. A new trial was ordered for the October session of the Supreme Court in Wellington.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 451, 5 September 1928, Page 14
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199NEW TRIAL ORDERED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 451, 5 September 1928, Page 14
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