THE CHRISTCHURCH MYSTERY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 130, 18 May 1911, Page 3

THE CHRISTCHURCH MYSTERY.

CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT. GR 2ND JURY TWTURNS TRUE j BILL. i At the Christchurch Supreme ' C ourt on Morida\. his rionour Mr. Jteuu Dciun-ton n <1 t -,mg the ( tin ' J u\, i<i< i' c<t lo t' t (. iOii 1 stiftt mi -tei \ m iji uefiuii with \ bull H< nrj Alfxiuau Juk md > V ibc’ Richnd st md com--1 u t< d foi tual on a < ac ufhivi ig muidiicd Ltlu 1 Bi’dk \ Ihe jurv would confine its attention, his Honni sud stucth to the fiiionce that i beloie it liu < ise was I a peculiar one. but the jurv would ’have to decide simply whether [there was sufficient evidence to j establish a prima facie case against I both or cither to go before a jury. The jury would find a true bill un- ! less it was satisfied that the evidence was such that a jurv of sensible men could not find a man guilty on it. The c«se was peculiar in that two men were jointly charged with having jointly committed the murder. There was potent evidence offered by the Crown against one of the accused which could not be admitted against the other. At a later stage in the proceedings Sadler had made a statement giving the movements of himself and Jack on the night of the alleged murder, but that statement, while it could be used against him, could not as a matter of law be admitted as evidence against Jack. His Honor then referred to the evidence in detail. There was nothing in the evidence to connect Sadler i directly with the woman except the statement made by him and the evidence that the woman was taken to his shop and that he was scon with Jack. The fact that the statements made by the two accused were contradictory was not in itself evidence. If Sadler’s story were true, it was quite conceivable that the two men should wish to conceal their connection with the matter as ' long as possible, and in that case ' would probably tell lies. The jury returned a true bill ink the case. ',