NOT GUILTY VERDICT
CONSPIRACY ALLEGED IN SYDNEY JARVIE-FITZGIBBONS CASE SYDNEY, Monday. At the Sydney Criminal Court today the trial of Major M. L. F. Jarvie and Michael Fitzgibbons on a charge of having conspired to bribe the late Ml'. A. Bruntnell when he -was Chief Secretary, was concluded. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after a long deliberation and both the accused were discharged. Mr. Justice Davidson, the Royal Commissioner who at the request of Major M. L. F. Jarvie, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, inquired into the allegation of bribery made against Michael Fitzgibbons in December, in which Major Jarvie’s name was freely mentioned in the subsequent proceedings against Fitzgibbons, furnished his report on June 7. His Honour found that Major Jarvie had corruptly attempted to bribe the late Chief Secretary, Mr. A. Bruntnell, and that he had conspired with Fitzgibbons for that purpose. The State Cabinet thereupon instructed the Attorney-General, Mr. F. S. Boyce, to institute criminal proceedings against Major Jarvie and Fitzgibbons.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 9
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171NOT GUILTY VERDICT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 9
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