QUICK DECISION
M URDERER’ S * APPEAL DIS-
MISSED
ROUSE BREAKS DOWN AND
WEEPS
(V V A by Elec' Tel: Couuigliti : ■ i LONDON,“Eob. 23.- • The appeal' of Rouse (convicted of tlio niurder of an unknown man in a burning, motor car),- on tlio ground that the verdict >vas against the weight of evidence was dismissed. Sir Patrick, Hastings, for House, asserted that the conviction rested paly on prejudice and gravest suspicion. • "l;i , • V■| Tho court was five minutes in reaching a. decision, v ; ? t.Vi • ,Rous6 was unnerved and broke down and wept. His wild collapsed. •< .... Later, Mr • J usticQ Tlewart reilfarked that a great deal :of improper comment had .;•• appeared- in .certain •newspapers and correspondence-there-in. Tho-couri/ 1 would:have to eoiisider whether’dlnSi,. pending an appeal, did pot con’sfcituttY contenipt't'df: court.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11449, 25 February 1931, Page 2
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128QUICK DECISION Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11449, 25 February 1931, Page 2
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