ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
JURY HEEDS WARNING
■ (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) BLENHEIM; This Day. Unusual features characterised the trial in the Supreme Court of Thomas Murphy, storekeeper, Kekorangu, on a series of charges alleging unnatural offences. The jury ultimately brought in a unanimous verdict of not gjilty after Mr. C. T. Smith, counsel for the prisoner, had inviteel them to believe that the accused was the victim of a conspiracy and his Honour the Chief Justice had warned the jury, to bo exceedingly care;!ul before accepting the responsibility of saying that the accused was guilty. "You may have suspicions, but you must ask yourselves whother you should place' reliance on the principal witnesses for the Crown in all the circumstances," he said. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 13
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119ALLEGED CONSPIRACY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 13
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