NOT GUILTY
MAORI ACQUITTED
SHOOTING TRAGEDY AT KAITAIA.
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*•; ' AUCKLAND, May 12. , The. five day,’a trial- ,q r f; .the Mpori youth, Riwj op/.the charge of , nuii'detiiig 'hie ‘.employer, :‘ilatj Robson,; at Pihepoti, .on January 8, ended to-night- ; with 'a. verdict 0 f not guilty,. . ,r . •
13 I Mr -Trimmer, • addressing . the jury •* I earlier, sajd ‘that .Robson died of. a •gunshot wound. //That'could scarcely 3 be -denied, but/that Manuel fired the shot was emphatiqilly contested (Mr' said the boy had, ‘. admi t,teiUblti- Is. intended 1 _ to i njure. : The .’point. wUA whether he - kasw what .he did’Was likely ,to -cause * death, and 'whether die -wis '-‘.‘reckless. '. Whpther he did dr not,' if was opeit .. to the jury to he did , pot 1 know to,, result. Jp "that \»3se > charge. /of. Ajnhrder 1 would be reduced to manjd/ugkter. // 5 -Mr Justice Hbrdupin there; . murder, if.'the/offender/ ‘ jjisMijf ;to cause injury likely,; tq. in : and if followed -or pot It Vyer.Wn u<»e<l,, a. gun to’ caUswinJujy ■ jixtok’itecfe-' . Usances wp#ld'" be' guilty el, niaptiauPftet;, The . conduct Of 'th’l '. • cecdinge. had’been v * ( 'fijr. They were particularly careful to sea '.that the Ind' made a-\ 'free from ; influence.;;, Thcrq.. cduld -,ib¥> no ■ suggestion , that / made Was 'fronted .iw/feai'rTW found, ation o£ the qaSeiWas’ I !jje' statement made by . the. boy in’' y'Jjiclilie .said he stood in the doorwfty oUija-ti Rpbsonls room and shot him. There were' various -' /hcumstarices that' might lead thdpa to ‘cwsidjer the boy’s . statement' w&rin/deed/ a'pd' fact -true. •The’NT w?s pd' : implicate Thoipas. The ; anything to do with the .ciib. /was founded upon the pOsSiblq gvi’depce 'at all. '/‘Jf yOu; cbhclu,di;-'-" that, j| • without:' iint'endini H. !%ed ’at' Hobspn; / ' bring in a - verdict of manslaughter,” l .said'; (His* Monpur. If; : d-h^y.cam € jd' the .pbjjclusi^nwtafements : wete mbt' lief ixvurse, Jhe case. for "the £ro\vn fall to • : th'e; ground, bhM it/how they coult}. {^jecfediijrvtl l ® cir•cumstances. ,{ > ;; y i'W.*.. ‘ . The jury/'were WbsePt fqijr^ui's'apd. t\vep^y:-.mmut^;:; ; berqt^/th'e^:j!^^P i cd.4-..; • ■ verdict of' not -guilty,; / '-/y- ■; *
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1933, Page 5
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