SIEVIER AND JOEL.
sievier acquitted. populaFverdict. London, July 30. At the Sievier blackmail trial, Lord Alverstone, in summing up, commented on the conflicting nature of tlie evidonee. He left tlie jury to decide whether Sievier had attempted to extort money within the meaning of tho Act. If Joel were seoking to obtain through Mills * promise from Sievier to abstain from publishing libels, then Sievier's acceptance of the money was not extorting. The jury acquitted Sievier. Thcro was a groat demonstration in favor of Siovier in tlie Court, and tho surrounding streets.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 190, 1 August 1908, Page 2
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91SIEVIER AND JOEL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 190, 1 August 1908, Page 2
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