BODILY HARM CHARGE
Man Committed for Trial A QUESTION OF EVIDENCE By Telegraph.—Press Assoeiatiou. Auckland, October 15. Without hearing further evidence, the magistrate, Mr. Wyvern Wilson, today committed for trial John Shaw Gordon (68), bricklayer, for trial on a charge of doing bodily harm to his wife with intent to do grievous harm.. Mr. Wilson said that the wife objected to give any evidence. She was in delicate health, and if steps were taken to test the question of 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. The accused pleaded not guilty, and reserved his defence.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 18, 16 October 1933, Page 11
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136BODILY HARM CHARGE Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 18, 16 October 1933, Page 11
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