ALLEGED RINGING-IN.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 12

ALLEGED RINGING-IN.

i T : —' THE EULIUS CASE. VERDICT OF GT.IXTY. 'LOOK OUT" CHARGE WITHDRAWN. (By Telegraph—Pres. Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The Eulius case wns concluded at the Supreme Court to-day. Counsel addressed the jury, and his Honour summed up. The jury retired ut 1.25 p.m., and returned at 4.10 p.m.. with a verdicc of guilty on nil counts against the accused, Walter Medley Hulston, William Williamson, William Percy Capes, and Charles Hopvood Capes. Sentence was deferred till Wednesday. The third charge against the above accused anil .Tames Golding. in connection with what is known as the "Look Out" case, was withdrawn. Mr. A. T. Donnelly. Crown Prosecutor, sakl that nil the accused in the case, with the exception of Golding, had been found guilty in either the "All Smoke" or "Eulius" cases, and C. H. Capes has been convicted in both cases. Only Golding hail been left, and on the evidence in the "Look Out" case the Crown could not hope for a conviction against him. Golding was a stupid and innocent tool, and it seemed useless to incur further expense. His Honour agreed that it would linve been diflicult to find Golding guilty.