FOUND GUILTY.
AFTER THREE TRIALS. A young man named Eberhardt Ferdinand Renner, a cabinetmaker, stood his third trial yesterday in the Supreme Court, charged before his Honour the Chief Justice and a jury with having committed arson at Wadestown on the 28th 'December last. At the two previous trials the jury had failed to agree. Mr. W. H. D. Bell, appeared' for the prosecution. Accused, who was undefended by counsel, called evidence to show that there, was no motive in the alleged offence. The house was insured for £350, and he valued it at £430. The property was under firm offer for sale for £530. In addressing the jury, accused, said that hs was in poor circumstances, and was unable, to afford the fee of counsel for his third triad. It was pointed out by his Honour in summing up that the house was subject to a mortgage of £348, and the prisoner might have wanted the insurance money to pay off the mortgage. He would then have the land to sell. After an hour's deliberation, the jury returned with a verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred until to-morrow, his Honour remarking^ that the case might be one for probation. He informed accused he coidd be allowed bail.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 126, 31 May 1910, Page 3
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208FOUND GUILTY. Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 126, 31 May 1910, Page 3
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