APPEAL COURT.
(press association telegram.)
WELLINGTON, December 3
The Appeal Court to-day gave judgment in the case of Rex v. McCann and Brown. The point was whether the judge could comment on the refusal of the prisoner to giye evidence in his own defence. Separate judgments were delivered by each of the five judges who heard tihe case. Mr Justice Williams, Mr Justice Denniston, and Mr Justice Cooper holding that the judge could not comment, Mr Justice Edwards and Mr Justice Chapman dissenting. The conviction was therefore quashed by a majority, and the Court adjourned till February let.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13597, 4 December 1909, Page 10
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