CROWN CASE FAILS.
SOLDIER FARMER'S SECURITIES. JUDGE INSTRUCTS JURY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) , CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Sidney Herbert Nunn in the Supreme Court to-day pleaded not guilty to having at Fairlie on September 4 defrauded the Crown Grantee of a security by removing without consent 20 sheep, a spade, cream separator and dippers, thereby impairing the security of the Crown. The prosecutor said that Nunn was a returned soldier, and he was compelled to leave his farm. Though he had given a bill of sale to the Crown to secure advances made to him, he sold the sheep and took away the goods referred to. He said that the separator did not belong to the Crown. To convict, it must be established that the sheep were included in the stock secured, and the jury must be satisfied that Nunn had a dishonest mind. After hearing evidence Mr. Adams directed the jury to return a verdict of "not guilty." This was done and accused was discharged. . The judge said he desired to repeat what he said in a similar case yesterday, that responsible Departmental officers should not institute proceedings without full inquiry and competent advice.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 109, 10 May 1928, Page 16
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