THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
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a remarkable case. brother charged with ■murder. (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.*> LONDON, May 23. , A trial, notable for the application of the unwritten law, resulted imi the acquittal at the Wiltshire Assizes of John Price for the mrarde; of his brothar Nathaniel, on Janu- | ary 12th. John admitted that k« shot his I brother thrice. Counsel for the defence, provide*! Iby public subscription, stated thai; l accused committed tha crime, not in I the heat of temper, but in an agony j of despair, because his brother bru- [ tally ill-treated his parents and terrorised the family. Mr Justice Ridley ,in summing up. said the circumstances were horrible. There was no question of Belf-do-fence. Nathaniel was shot like > , rat, but he would bo sorry to sc I a verdict of murder retmrned. H > suggested that accused should be acquitted or a verdict of manslaughte • returned.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 24 May 1913, Page 5
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156THE UNWRITTEN LAW. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 24 May 1913, Page 5
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