SUPREME COURT
CASE ABANDONED IN DUNEDIN
■ '.. (BI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) j : .. V .DUNEDIN/Ist'September, -j John M'Cosker, who appeared at'theV /eciht ;ctiminal> sittings of. the Supreme" Court on .charges of committing an unnatural offence arid ihdecen»assault, wasfound' not guilty on all charges save the last, on; which- thevjury disagreed. At the'retrial the jury-: again disagreed, the: matter then being referred to the Attorney-General. This, morning, Mr. Justice . Sim stated. that the AttorneyGeneral -had. instructed that a,, nolle prosequi beentered.; The prisoner was discharged. ..- ;., ' .;,.'..';':■..-.■; .--.;. ,
George JSdward' Ferguson and-Henry Frederick 'Hornby^were ordered to1 be detained for, reformative purposes for three years .for 'breaking,' entering, arid thefb.. .- ;. ':.-. ':]■-■ ,- .-■..-;- ; ; ' .■•■•. ; ;
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 55, 2 September 1924, Page 11
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102SUPREME COURT Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 55, 2 September 1924, Page 11
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