THE FATAL STABBING CASE. A PLIABLE JURY.
l.)i;vKDix, March 24. It appears that the majority of the jury empannelled in the Tuapeka Mouth trageiy wero in fiuouv of returning a verdict/ of " Minder "ut lh->t. Only L\\ r o favoured a \eidier, of manslaughter, bub the minority signified their intention of holding out all nighr. lather than give in, and so the majority were gradually talked, over. 'L"he fcv.o men in favour of a \erdift vt m.'inslau^ihter succeeded in eonvtirtitijr one of the other bide to their u<'\\\>', and tor a con<4deiahle time the lorcos were ccjiial. Then another conveifc wih made. Jindfeubftequently .still another; but the last man held out stubbornly ior some time. At length he agreed to a \erdiet of manslaughter. It remains to be M'en whether the prisoner will not bo ehaiuod with murder at boo Supreme Court.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 250, 28 March 1888, Page 6
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142THE FATAL STABBING CASE. A PLIABLE JURY. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 250, 28 March 1888, Page 6
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