SUPREME COURT.
WELLINGTON' SESSIONS. AFTERMATH OP THE STRIKE. By Telegraph—Press Associaiiqn. Wellington, Friday. At the Supreme Court, Elsie Reynold*, a young- married woman, pleaded not guilty to charges of opening a registered postal packet, delaying the delivery of same to the person to whom it wms addressed, and obtaining delivery of same from a postal employee by means of false pretences. The jury returned a verdict of all three counts, but added that accused had not the slightest criminal intent. The Chief Justice ordered Reynolds to come up for sentence when called upon. Robert Hill pleaded not guity to participating in a riot ill Taranaki street 011 November 4, when a row occurred, during which the Royal Tiger Hotel was considerably knocked about. The jury disagreed, and a new trial was ordered. Robert .lames Christopher Leal pleaded not guilty to a. charge of destroying the ffliarf barricade on October 24, The jury found him ciiilty, with U recommendation that it be taken into consideration that accused had been two months in gaol. 1
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 189, 9 February 1914, Page 3
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173SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 189, 9 February 1914, Page 3
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