TRIAL OF LONGLEY

Grey River Argus, 7 February 1941, Page 5

TRIAL OF LONGLEY

Manslaughter Verdict AUCKLAND, February 6. The trial at Hamilton of Charles Harold Longley, 39, invalidity pensioner, cf Manunui, on a charge of murdering Jeremiah O’Sullivan, on September 22, 1940, at the Supreme Court, concluded, to-day, before Mr Justice .Smith. Mr H. T. Gillies and Mr J. R. Fitzgerald appeared for the Crown, Longley being represented by Mr W. J. King and Mr D. H. Hall. After a retirement of four hours, the jury found the accused not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, through his negligent handling of a firearm, with a strong recommendation to mercy, on account of his health at the time of the offence. T he prisoner was remanded for sentence until the end of the criminal Ills Honour thanked the jury lor its careful attention to the case, and said that, after the present week, they would be excused from jury service for two years.