Charge Against Boy Dismissed
(N.Z. Press Association)
GISBORNE, Sept. 1. A 13-year-old boy charged with manslaughter was discharged by Mr W. M. Willis, S.M., in the Gisborne Magistrate’s Court on Friday after a lower-court hearing of the charge. “I am satisfied that no jury would convict this young lad on the evidence I have heard," the Magistrate said. The charge was laid after the death of a boy aged nine at Ruatoria on August 6. The Magistrate ordered non-publication of the name of the accused, and of any evidence that might identify him.
The accused was represented by Mr B. H. Bull.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31774, 3 September 1968, Page 7
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