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LATER PARTICULARS.

[By Telegraph.—Press Association.] Finley will bo sentenced to morrow. Beel will be tried first on the cliargo of * inoiting Finley to shoot Lynoh. A iwllt prosequi has been entered on tlio other charges against Finley. The issues put to the jury were:1, Was tho discharge of the pistol ' accidental or intentional? (a) If so was it dono by tbe prisoner in self defonco, and to protect himself from death or serious bodily injury inien- _ ded towards him by the deceased; or (b) though such injury was not intended by the deceased, was it dono in self dofenco and from the reasonable apprehension of death or serious bodily injury induced by the words and conduct of the deceased and those acting rA.ih concert with him, though the do- • ceased may not in fact havo intended death or serious injury; (o) if not in f self defence was it done after an aseault made by tbe deceased on tbe prisoner, though short of an assault calculated to kill or cause serious bodily injury; or (d) was the effect of the conduct of deceased such as lo provoke the angry passions of the prisoner, or to cause BUch alarm as to deprive prisoner for the time of tho nee of his reason and power of-self-control. 2, If accidental, then the prisoner is entitled to be acquitted. 3, If not accidental but was intentional, and you negative the defence of self-defence and provocation, then it is murder. If you find the act was done under suoh provocation as is expressed in C and D, then the prisoner v should be convicted of manslaughter. Kin necessary self-defence, as expressed in A and B, then the prisoner should be acquitted, At the request of Mr Jellicoe, His /Honor in further directing the jury, said 'accidental' involvedaccidont by negligence, or accident of any other .. kind. After the jury had brought tho verdict, Mr Jellicoe asked His Honor lo defer sentence This was agreed to,

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4284, 2 December 1892, Page 3

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Tapeke kupu
329

LATER PARTICULARS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4284, 2 December 1892, Page 3

LATER PARTICULARS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4284, 2 December 1892, Page 3

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