MISTAKE OF A JURY.
« A very extraordinary mistake occurred at the Leeds Assizes, Mr Baron Pollock presiding. John Greenwood was charged with assault on a child. After all tho evidence hid been taken, the learned judge asked tho jury whether they wished to hear more of the ease. Several members of the jury said they did not, and it was understood that tho jury had found the prisoner "not guilty." He was accordingly discharged. As soon as ho had left tho dock one of tho jurymen got up and intimated that they had misunderstood his lordship, and that they had not agreed to a verdict. The learned judge, howevor, said it was too lato to remedy the evil.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2602, 16 March 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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118MISTAKE OF A JURY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2602, 16 March 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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