COURT OF APPEAL.
AN UNUSUAL CASE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, March 29. The Court of Appeal was occupied this morning in the consideration of a case stated for its opinion in connection with the case of John Leonard, who at Christchurch in November last was arraigned on a charge of carnally knowing a female detained under the provisions of the Mental Defectives Act, The peculiar fact in the case was that the female mental patient was the wife of accused. The jury found a verdict with a strong recommendation to mercy, as they believed the act was committed through ignorance, also that the hospital authorities showed laxity in not warning the prisoner. The questions for the consideration of the Court of Appeal were, firstly, whether accused committed an offence; secondly, whether the verdict was a verdict’of guilty. After argument d*’ vision was reserved:
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1922, Page 8
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143COURT OF APPEAL. Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1922, Page 8
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