CONFESSED TO MURDER.
» NO JURY WOULD CONVICT. CHARGE AGAINST HARVEY WITHDRAWN. (By Telegraph.—Frees Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. When Charles Harvey appeared on remand before the Magistrate's Court to-day charged with the murder of a Chinese storekeeper on September X the police asked permission to withdraw the charge upon the recommendation of the Crown Law Office. The only evidence against accused was his o*vn statement or confession. The police had inquired into that, and were satisfied that no jury could convict Harvey. Accused was accordingly discharged.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 67, 19 March 1915, Page 6
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