SHEEP-STEALING CASE
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE STARTLING ALLEGATIONS
Press Association DUNEDIN, Thursday
After a hearing which extended over three days in the Supreme Court, the case in which Gilbert William Lewis was charged with stealing 20 sheep, valued at £ls, and alternatively with receiving them, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained, was not brought to finality. The jury, after retiring at 5.55 p.m., returned at 10.20 p.m. The foreman stated that there was no prospect of an agreement. Twenty-five witnesses were called during the hearing of the case, which attracted considerable interest, partly on account of the fact that a new trial was ordered at the last session, when two members of the jury were found in an hotel bar with witnesses for the defence, and also on account of the fact that accused alleged that the police produced a “faked” statement, and that it was alleged by ths Crown that Lewis broke down fences in order to photograph them for the purposes of the case. A third trial will bo begun on Monday.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1039, 1 August 1930, Page 16
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175SHEEP-STEALING CASE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1039, 1 August 1930, Page 16
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