IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.
MAY BE QUOTED IN" FUTURE.
It is believed that the judgment of the Court of Appeal published yesterday quashing a conviction in the case of the Crown against James Moore, labourer, aged 63, who was found guilty fcy an Auckland jury with a strong recommendation to mercy on a charge of attempting indecently to assault a young girl, will become a much quoted one as time passes, since it dealt with an aspect of criminal law not previously the subject of a decision.
Appealing against the jury's decision in the Court of Appeal, Mr. W. Noble, of Auckland, counsel for accused, argued that, even if there were a criminal intent that was not a punishable offence unless accompanied by an act which clearly indicated, on the face of it, criminal intention. Mr. Noble contended that no act of the accused was incapable of an innocent interpretation.
This view was upheld by the Court of Appeal, only one judge dissenting, and the conviction was quashed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 271, 14 November 1936, Page 10
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166IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 271, 14 November 1936, Page 10
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