THE MUNGANA LEASES
DEFENCE POLITICAL HONOUR.
COMMENT' BY CROWN COUNSEL
fUnited Press Association —Copyright) BRISBANE, August 17. In the Mungana oil leases case, Mr A D. McGill, in the course of his final address to the jury on behalf of the Crown, commented on the action or Edward Granville Theodore (Federal Treasurer) in particular, m not entering the witness box. Counsel said it should be the one desire of a man holding a high position like Mr Theodore to defend his honour against aspersions of fraud and corruption. His failure to do so must strengthen the inference of his guilt. Counsel for. the Crown have prepared thirty-seven questions for the jury s consideration. The questions bear directly on the evidence. The "hearing was adjourned.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 261, 18 August 1931, Page 5
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