The Kirby Case.
ACCUSED BEFORE THE COURT. Wellington, August 10. The Supreme Court was occupied from 10 this morning until 7 to-night hearing evidence in the case against ex-Detective Kirby for alleged extortion of money from one J. Herman, at Timaru, in 1882, by threatening to accuse him of a crime. Mr Gully, Crown Prosecutor, and Mr Gray appeared for the Crown, and Sir Robert Stout and Mr Jellicoe for the defence. The witnesses examined to-day were: —Herman, tobbacconist; George, who was Herman's assistant at the time of the alleged offence ; Blundell, teller of a bank, who produced cheques drawn by Herman ; and Sergeant Cullen, who was in charge of the Timaru policestation in 1882. The evidence adduced at to-day's trial was mainly a repetition of that given in the lower Court, and the cross-examination of Cullen had not concluded when the Court adjourned until to-morrow morning. It is expected that the case will not finish until Thursday.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 91, 11 August 1896, Page 3
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158The Kirby Case. Hastings Standard, Issue 91, 11 August 1896, Page 3
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