UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
INSANITY OR DRTNK. QUESTION FOR THE COURT. 03y Telegraph.—Fress .association.) ihis day. The Appear* Court to-day heard argumsnt in the case of the King v. A. J. Adams and R. R. Carr, who were tried .at Wellington on a charge of stealing goods from the Corinthic The verdict returned was "Guilty, with no criminal intent, the ace having been committed while under the influence of temporary insanity." There was no evidence of insanity, but there was evidence that prisoners were under the influence, of - drink. The question was the meaning of the verdicL For them, it. was'argued, it was a verdict of acquittal. On the other side, the Solicitor-General gubmitted that the verdict was imperfect and ambiguous, and that there should be a new trial. Decision was reserved. *
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 70, 22 March 1916, Page 6
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