THE GAMING LAW.
A CONVICTION REMOVED. CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE. Bv T»l<cranh —Press Awoofttion Gisborne, Last Night. Mr. Justice Reed to-day heard an a|> peal by Arthur Owen against the magistrate’s conviction and sentence of two months’ imprisonment on a charge of keeping a common gaming house. In his evidence to-day, the chief police witness, Joseph Brown, contradicted himself so frequently under crossexamination by .Mr. M. Myers, that the latter suggested to Mr. Justice Reed that it was useless to go further. Mr. Nolan (Crown Prosecutor) agreed, unless the police evidence was sufficient without Brown. His Honor said Brown’s statements were so obviously contradictor)’ that the evidence could not be accepted. The appeal was allowed and the conviction quashed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1921, Page 4
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117THE GAMING LAW. Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1921, Page 4
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