CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR.
BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORT i:il. PALMERSTONN., September 13. At the Supreme Court on Saturday C. E. Harden, solicitor, wi.s charged before Mr Justice Chapman, with fraudulently failing to account for or pay trust monies to the amount of £250, thereby committing tneft. Mr Loughnau, Crown Prosecutor, appeared ic-r the Crown, and Mr Wilford appeared for the accused. The evidence for the prosecution was the same as given in the Lower Court. For the defence* Drs O'Brien, Wilson and Martin, gave evidence that accused had been suffering from the effects of excessive alcohol for months prior to his arrest, and was incapable of conducting his business intelligently. The jury were absent for two hours, finally retjrning a verdict of not guilty. A peculiar incident was that the proceedings were delayed for half-an-hour owing to the failure 'if the gas, the crowded Court being plunged in darkness.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9191, 14 September 1908, Page 5
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149CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9191, 14 September 1908, Page 5
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