ACQUITTED.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17409, 21 March 1922, Page 6

ACQUITTED.

THE MOTU MUMJER G&t'\] | The Motu RwriiwAlßaiM ed its Enal stages in &« to-day, the proceedings lengthy addresses by th» OwalMH cutor <Mr F. W. Nol«|) »nd for the defence (Jf r L, T his Honour Mr Jugtie* 3B ming uj>. . "15H Mr Nolan, after an »oW the evidence, submitted that tfttttaaffllH case was an overwaelain* awlM murder was a eold-Woodftf crime and the jnrv had to themselves pieces of the maSSI B Vi. lsh )l i st i?*' *"> wn»dertbTlfi3a coldly and dispassionately ott tSLSm deuce. * Mr Burnard contended that n&JiS the Crown case consisted of Ws#aiSl mere suspicion. The Cro»a tiaSSrafl asked the jury to assume »wS hours given were correct. ifflmiSim must at the outset aratc suspicion from •ridencfcV*3i6^'■ , jury must have been struck bj-ttaST; tire absence of the murder cases. There -was ntt"a^^£' saw itutene in the Tidamfflff||> murder, there tvere no J&nPfjJlfej and no stolen property jaJjflpMtt* was a grave doubt as murder occurred on all. Ngnwaki, n j£^* of .the body and the" %h& ttn of Wm horses must have takes, tow* tw''w| yet Skipper, who was, onfy* 400 *ys|HK away, did not see Anything. TWfgH graph linesman said that ed at 5 p.m. he sawnothiark wtbgtiHi he mart have passed bfctweeWtfcfe 'tfjH! of blood and the body. Toe aanvMß was comparatively open. It Wu*mH| reasonable to suppose that could We committed the QtardeitiaSH come ' across country without' 'ImH seen. Everything about- RuteM'twH duct that afternoon was perfectlyjHSH Rutene was merely the only hH who was not seen, «nd if h$ fttiOM in the vioin.ity of the murder .hSwHf 2 ana 4 p.m. he Must hart beellM Regarding Whare Hicky's Burn&d submitted, that *to jtt#?sra the murdor must ha,?* about the time Bugge»te4-'by : woiSH the *©bus»9d We changed hte d<^»^|#M| he foondwith «ny/sto|e^§ip^^ stftbW by 9^^^^3/Sjßi day's meeting of the GwQ&j&E&SBBm way Bo*rd aa follow*;-* JRB| decided' to m stbfe in the, enaeay|M|PjOf » ever o asbVrs(l that the oo»-jj|B|6 '