CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
(PBESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGBAM.)
AUCKLAND, February 28. At the Supreme Court to-day Jolm Alexander Mclntyre was tried for the third time on a chargo of having, on November Ist, 1910, tofjether with one Joseph Ehrman, stolen a case of cigarette tobacco from the Customs examination shed on the Queen street wharf. This was one of the offenoes in regard to which there was quit© a series of prosecutions a short time ago. Mclntyre was tried twice on the present charge, and on each occasion the jury failed to agree. The jury to-day deliberated for two hours and a half, and returned with a verdict of "not guilty." Accused was discharged. A chauffeur named Rhodes Battye was found guilty to-day of the manslaughter of ono John McConnell, with a strong recommendation to mercy. Accused was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, without hard labour.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14291, 29 February 1912, Page 8
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