ARSON CHARGE
REMANDED FOR SENTENCE (Per Press Associatifmt-Copyrigfat). AUCKLAND, Wlay 2. The trial of Leonard. Gluard and Frederick Ernest Ward on four charges, including arson, was. concluded to-day in the Supreihe Court. His Honour, i n summing upj said that drunkenness or anger was no excuse for crime. In any case, there was no evidence that the accused were drunk, at the time, although it appeared that they had consumed more liquor than was good for them- . From the evidence, the. jury might come to the conclusion that the accused broke and entered the house with the intentioii of committing the crime of assault,
After a retirement lasting, four hours, the jury found Chxard. guilty on the breaking and entering .charge, and also on the charge, of setting fire to clothes and blankets, but- not guilty on the breaking and. entering charge only, a recommendation to leniency being made in his, case.
The accused were remanded for sentence. -
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1934, Page 6
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