CRIMINAL TRIALS.
Palmerston North, Feb. 7
AVilliam Thomas Bowater was acquitted on a charge of a breach of the Bankruptcy Act by having made a false statement of his affairs to obtain a credit of £596<15/6 from Abraham and Williams, Limited. Wellington, Feb. 7. The second trial of Frederick AVilliam Green, on a charge of stealing £175 from the AVorking Men’s Club, of which he was secretary, commenced to-day r before Mr. Justi?-* Chapman and a jury. The hearing was jiot concluded jvhen the court rose Timaru. Feb. 7. r the Supreme Court AAL N. (.’Jansen was acquitted on a charge of stealing a bicycle in October, 1910. No evidence was offered on a charge of theft of clothes at the same time. Accuspu swore that he bought the ? eve!” and swag together on the i f ad.
P. J. Coman was acquitted on a charge of attempting an illegal operation. The judge directed the jury that it was unsafe to convict, the woman's evidence lacking corroboration.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 47, 8 February 1912, Page 2
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