NOT GUILTY.
MURDER CHARGE VERDICT. WAITEPEKA TRAGEDY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Saturday. The trial of Hugh Urquhart Neil Gunn on a charge of murdering William Beattie at Waitepeka 011 February 22 was concluded in the Supreme Court to-day.
His Honor's summing-up concluded at 1.6 p.m., when the jury retired.
The jury returned at 2.42 with a vcrdiet of not guilty.
The Crown alleged that aceu6cd struck deceased with a manuka stick, but the charge was denied by the defence. It was stated for the defence that deceased was probably injured when a horse which accused was driving reared up and threw Beattie against a post.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 110, 11 May 1936, Page 9
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