COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
I ! (PItESS ASSOCIATION KLEGKAM.) AUCKLAND, October 14. The Magistrate (Mr Wyvern Wilson) to-day committed John Shaw Gordon, 68 years of age, a bricklayer, for trial on a charge of doing bodily harm to his wife with intent to do grievous harm. The magistrate said that- accused's - wife objected to give any evidence. She was in delicate uealth and, if steps were taken to test the question whether she was a compellable witness, it might react on her health. If the prosecution thought it necessary to have her evidence, they could subpoena her as a witness for" the~Supreme Court trial. If she remained obdurate the matter could then be tested in the highest court. Accused pleaded not guilty and re- ; served his defence. ,
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20987, 16 October 1933, Page 5
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