THE KINDER MURDER ,— NEW TRIAL GRANTED.
The Argument \ a tUIs c*se was yeifcer&ay resumed and conclud^ t j, e C ourt being deniei.y crowded from 6rat to last/ The Courfc laeld q Mn j u8 tice H»rgra»- /c dissenting) that the first i jury emp»n«lle<l in * ais case had been properly discharged by the aief Justice, and that judgment cwtM not upon this point be arrested. They were ») [1 «$ ©p.inion, however, that it was competent to the ■Jumior Pui sne Judge to withdraw his decision 'if ht tihoagb* fit ' so that a new trial might be gr; inted upon the first point raised by the rule nisi. Mr. Justice VtMcetb (the Junior Puisne Judge), al'chor J( rh inclined to differ from his colleagues as to the existence of tW* power, acted upon their decision »nd, upon J&e authorities cited, felt constraia««J 't o withdraw his opinion. A new trial was there* granted upon the point in question — ttatt am r t» m evidence had been improperly read £r#m.tßa judge's notes. The verdict was ordered to. be> no C ated, and a venire awarded for the trial 06 tides j , r i B oner iv May next, the priaoner to remain in-Hiny resent custody during the interim.— Sydney Momiitf, Herald, March 20.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2712, 27 March 1866, Page 6
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211THE KINDER MURDER,—NEW TRIAL GRANTED. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2712, 27 March 1866, Page 6
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