Telegraphic.
How Juries" cook" their verdicts
Dunedin, Friday,
Dunedin Races,
Dunedin, Friday.
There is fine weather for the D.J.C, Anniversary Meeting. The Hurdles resulted Dunlucel, Garibaldi 2, TrapperS. Dividend 3s. TimeS rniii. 5 ftps,
It appears that a majority of the jury empannelled in the Tuapeka Mouth tragedy were in favor of returning a verdict of murder, and at first there we only two favourable to a verdict of manslaughter. The minority however, signified their intention of holding out all night, rather than give in, and so the majority were gradually talked over, Two of the men in favor of the verdiot of manslaughter, succeeded in converting one of the others to their \iews, and for a considerable time forces were equal. Then another convert was made, and subsequently still another, but the last man held out stubbornly for some time. At length he agreed to a verdict of manslaughter. It now remains to be seen whether the prisoner will be | charged with murder at the Supreme i Court.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2855, 23 March 1888, Page 2
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169Telegraphic. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2855, 23 March 1888, Page 2
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