NOT GUILTY.
JOCK GARDEN.
Jury’s Verdict on Fantastic Charges. (Australian an u Cable A: n.) SYDNEY’, August 27. The trial has commenced of Jock Garden, Secretary of the Trades and Labour Council, on a charge of inciting to murder on the high seas. Garden pleaded not guilty. In a statement from tho dock, he said that the charge was too absurd for words. (Received August 27 at 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 27. Jock Garden was indicted on three charges—namely, soliciting persons to commit murd r on the high seas; encouraging persons to commit murder on the high seas; and endeavouring to persuade persons to commit murder on the high seas. He pleaded not guilty f o all of the charges. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. Garden was accordingly acquitted.
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Grey River Argus, 28 August 1928, Page 5
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