THE STARCHFIELD MURDER.
THE PRISONER ACQUITTED. A POPULAR VERDICT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, April 1. In the Starchliekl trial the ease rested on the testimony of three witnesses as to identification. The evidence was conflicting. A witness named White noticed in the Police Court that Starchfield was husky, and this reminded him of the man who was talking to the deceased boy at the Camden, station. When the Crown case closed Mr. Justice Atkin remarked that the evidence against iStarchfi'cld depended entirely on his identincatioi by three witnesses, two of whom had never seen Starchfield before. Tie suggested that it was not safe to allow the case to go the jury, though there was no imputation against witnesses.
Mr. Bodkin, Crown prosecutor, agreed to discontinue the case and a verdict of not guilty, the judge remarking that the coroner had violated the principles whereupon an enquiry should be conducted. ' A large, crowd cheered Starchfield on his acquittal.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 262, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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157THE STARCHFIELD MURDER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 262, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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