IN A TRANCE.
AN AUCKLAND DOCTOR. COMMITS UNCONSCIOUS THEFTS \ HAMILTON CHARGE DISMISSED. (T.y Telegraph Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, tin- day. I j A doctor named George Redpath i ! appeared on remand before Mr. Veiling 1 j S.M.. to-day charged with the theft < lof a pair of boot-, an overcoat, and a i 'walking stick, the property of a fellow- ( I border named IJobert Hhickie. I he 1 ] defence was that aceu-ed had -n-Iflined I j serious war injuries, which often re- j < j suited in lap-e of memory, cau-ing him l to wander away from his home in 1 r.rcen Lane. Au.klaud. i (inn-el said Is his client canii- to Hamilton during such t a turn and had not the faintest idea I jof his movement.-, or ho« he got here. 11 except that he called on Dr. Spencer. . ' I Or. Ppeneei gave evidence. and.' described the case a- one of loss of j memory. The 'magistrate said the evidence j 1 indicated that accused wandered to < Hamilton in something in the nature;, of a trance, and was therefore nof . responsible for bis actions. 'I'he ca--e | ; was di-missed. v
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 220, 14 September 1923, Page 7
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188IN A TRANCE. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 220, 14 September 1923, Page 7
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