SUPREME COURT.
Per Press Association. Jlokitika. I,;;M Niglil. The Supreme Court concluded its sittings this afternoon, aft -i' being oceupicd all day hearing the charge of >luvpstealing against Joseph .Minora. who was found not guilty. "Napier, L\>l. Ni^iii. At the Supreme Court to-div Martin Johnson, charged with arson, was found guilty, and sentenced to live year*' imprisonment. A peculiar point, however, has been reserved for the Court of Appeal. The indictment charged Johnson wth setting lire to a building which was affixed to the soil, and counsel for the ( defence raised the point that the Crown had not proved tint the building was alllxed to the soil.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 68, 10 March 1908, Page 2
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107SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 68, 10 March 1908, Page 2
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