Acquittal On Rape Charge
(N Z. Press Association) HAMILTON, May 9. Colin Heketarawa Nepia, aged 17, a timber worker, was acquitted on a charge of rape by a jury in the Supreme Court, at Hamilton today.
The complainant was a Maori girl of 18. For Nepia. Mr K. R. Horsley submitted that the evidence showed that the complainant had been a consenting party. Nepia was discharged by Mr Justice Spratt.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29818, 10 May 1962, Page 18
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