FRAUD ALLEGED.
DISPOSAL OF STOCK. SOLDIER SETTLER CHARGED. (press association telegram.) WELLINGTON", October 28. In the Supreme Court, Edward Walter Perry, a soldier settler, was charged with defrauding the Crown by selling stock subject to b'Hs of sale given to the Lands Devirtment as security for advances by the The Chief Jiuticc asked the jury to sny ' Yes*' or a:i'' to » 'question submitted—wlie'vbcr the accused did sell the stock lite jiwy relied that he had disposed of ihe Ktoek. but he intended to replace it. There was no iu.tin to (lefnu;;]. ■Son-c- f.on'.'-ovci-sy oceurral between b ; ' riosiour fi'v. :;k- iurv a« to whether thtv '-w:!] rive a s>trni<iht-out answer to t e is ir nl 'ce 1 -byfi.ro iliem. The jury :ij;.iih r.= .i.--: '•'..• ■:.;..;•• .;<;.:r ■-. ; ; :;•■: > '! ;. ■ el M,:! ii-.ti:"ii;".tcd that the jurymen th.-<i!,.-!>i. i*. >v..- i'-i :■ triiiiiiiiil act. and thai the prisenfr had intended to repls'ct the v.:v}i ;>s was the custom. The Jv.ilue sa-d i]:.i' '.hi-; was equivalent to di'-a<-rcc»"ci't ;:;:<! a new trial will be held"
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18525, 29 October 1925, Page 5
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166FRAUD ALLEGED. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18525, 29 October 1925, Page 5
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