THE SUPREME COURT.
JUDGE AND JURY DIFFER, Press Association. WANGANUI, Feb. 19. At the Supreme Court- to-day, Robert Siblings, charged with keeping v u gaming house, was found not guilty. Alec. Nelson was found not guilty on a charge of stabbing a man named Needham. Richard Black, Elizabeth Black, and Onr-igio Tolly were found guilty of house-breaking. In summing up Mr. Justice Cooper told the jury that tho evidence was not sufficient to warrant- a conviction, and ho referred tlie jury’s verdict to the Court of Appeal, postponing sentence in the meantime.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2120, 20 February 1908, Page 2
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