Acquitted In 7 Min
Summing up to a jury in the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr Justice Macarthur said he had considered stopping the trial of a man accused of unlawfully getting into a car, on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to establish the charge.
But, said his Honour, he bad decided that the matter would be best left to the jury —which, after a retirement of only seven minutes, acquitted the accused, Joseph Maraki, a 26-year-old workman, who had pleaded not guilty. Mr G. W. Rountree, in Maraki's defence, said that there was no evidence from the Crown on the vital aspect that he knew the car was converted when he got into it Maraki had given evidence that he had asked for, and been given, a lift home in the car from a party.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31053, 7 May 1966, Page 23
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