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MANSLAUGHTER CASE Conviction at Dunedin (Per Press Association;. DUNEDIN, October 20. A verdict of guilty on the first count, with a. strong recommendation to mercy, |was returned by the jury today in the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Kennedy, in tho ease in which Richard Corrigan, aged 51 was charge.d in the Supreme Court with manslaughter, and, alternatively. wth assault causing actual bod fy harm. The charges aros'e out of the death of George. Stua.it- Neish.. at Palmerston, on August 26. and the allegation of 1 lie Crown was that he died as the result of a kick on the head inflicted by Corrigan, following a quarrel at the accused’s house, (where druk was consumed. The case against the accused was conducted by the Crown Prosecutor (Mr F. B. Adams), and Mr J. G. Warrington appeared for the defetace.
IT s Honour said he would attach weight to the jury’s recommendation, and ho remanded th.e. prisoner until Thursday for sentence.
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Grey River Argus, 21 October 1936, Page 6
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