MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
RE-TRIAL OF HAYNE CASE. .JURY AGAIN DISAGREES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Feb. 27. The re-hearing of the charges against James Reynold Hayne commenced in the Supreme Court this morning. The charges are manslaughter and attempting to procure a miscarriage. At the first hearing the jury disagreed and were discharged, and a new trial ordered. New evidence was brought forward by the Crown relative to a letter-card from the deceased woman to her brother. It was alleged thac although its contents purported to show that the woman was out of Dunedin when it was submitted she was under treatment at Hayne’s shop, yet the address was in the writing of a female employed at Hayne’s at the time, indicating that Mrs. Atkins was then in the establishment. Christchurch, Last Night. The jury, after a retirement of four hours and eleven minutes, were recalled. In reply to His Honor, the foreman said there was no chance of the jury agreeing. The application of the Crown Prosecutor for a new trial at the May sittings was agreed to, and accused was liberated on bail of £lOOO.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1922, Page 5
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185MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1922, Page 5
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