The Bribery Case.
[By Telegraph.] (Per Press Association.—Copt/rif/ht.) Wellington, This clay. In the Supreme Court this morning the case against G. J. Scott of accepting a bribe came on. After the Crown Prosecutor had given the opening address the Chief Justice ruled there was no case to go to the jwy, and the accused was accordingly'discharged without evidence being given. The case came from Palmerston North and was connected with a sheep-steal-ing case which was dealt with at the last criminal sessions. In the bribery case the Chief Justice pointed out there appeared in evidence nothing whatever to compromise Scott. It was quite possible for a man to make amends for a wrong without having any corrupt intentions. His honor read a.ll American case in which the friends of accused repaid money that had been stolen, and as there was no evidence of any corrupt bargain it was held not to be compounding a felony. It was true Coomb's conduct before and after payment may have given grounds for some suspicion against him, but Scott was not responsible for that and mere suspicion was not enough.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 181, 26 November 1896, Page 2
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186The Bribery Case. Hastings Standard, Issue 181, 26 November 1896, Page 2
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