THE HALL CASE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1361, 4 October 1886, Page 2

THE HALL CASE.

The Timarn correspondent of the Press wiring to that-"* journal on Saturday says:—l fully expected to be able to inform you this evening of the result of the analysis of the organs of the late C-.ptain Cun's body, bat on Again renewing my e quiries I was once more informed that as far as the prcsecuti n are concerned they hare determined, for the present at any rate, not to divulge a single thing. I tried to get some information from the doctors who had watched Dr Ogstou conduct the tests, bi t they declined to spaax at ail oa the subject. Counsel for the defence said >hat even they had not. np to 5 p.m. thia evening, been informed of the result. I wts led to understand that they have tn-do np their minds to communicate with the Minister of Justice on the su' j?ot, requesting that the public be made acquainted with the result of Or ”Og*ton« researches. All sons of minors are flying about the town, and people are very etched, rot to say annoyed, at what appears to be the ominous silence of tha authorities. A significant fact ae»ms to b i that a member of the firm of Mr White, Crown Prosecutor, has been again busy to-day visitng aid conferring wi*h the vaiout chemis a in town, but on what subjects the chemis*s decline toi divulge, I’he prosecution reluctantly admit that as things stmd it is not intended to let the public kn >w anything about (ha ana’ysis uutil afier the a*tempted murder trUi at Ohria'chureh. The statement that It is be-ter to let things remain as they are, and then the jury are not likely to be prejudiced in the course of tha proceed* lugs, is a very strange one, more especially as ma tars in connection with the exhumation itself haye been made so public. Christchurch, *\jtober 4

The criminal sittings opened to-day before Mr Justice Johnston. It was arranged that the Jury shall consider the bills in the Hall and Houston case on Friday. In his charge the Judge said that the Justices at TWnaru had acted very properly in committing Hill and Houston for trial at Christchurch, so that a certain obje turn arising f, om local prejud.ee and feeling might be removed.