THE CONINGHAM CASE.
O’HARAN’S TRIUMPH. POPULAR DECISION.—TUMULTUOUS CHEERING. VIOLENT SCENE IN COURT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, April 2. The Judge gave a lengthy' and ablo summing up in the Coningham case. The jury, aftor two and a quarter hours’ retirement, brought in a verdict for Dr. O’Haran on all the issues. Immediately the verdict was announced, thcro was tumultuous cheering in Court. The petitioner (Coningham) fell forward on tho table, sobbing. A moment later, with a loud cry, ho sprang towards Dr O’Haran. The latter evaded him. Coningham tripped, and fell, and then tho spectators seized him, tho petitioner meanwhile yelling, “ Let me at him 1” The jury added a rider that they did not think there was sufficient evidence to warrant a charge of conspiracy.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 75, 3 April 1901, Page 2
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