ACCUSED GIVE EVIDENCE
VERDICT OF >iOT GUILTY AT GI3.BORNE (I'RESS ASSOCIATION TEIjEGRAJT.) . GISBORNE, May 31. After hearing evidence by the two accused, Mr Justice Blair directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty in the cases in which Rangi Royal and Edward Biddle were charged with falsifying wages sheets for the Ruatoki land development scheme. His Honour held that the defence had given a complete answer to the allegations. The jury added a rider stating that the irregularity that occurred could have been satisfactorily straightened out by the Audit Department and the department in charge of' the work without Royal and Biddle having been put to the worry and expense of being brought before the court.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21179, 1 June 1934, Page 19
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118ACCUSED GIVE EVIDENCE Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21179, 1 June 1934, Page 19
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