MURDER CONVICTION IN QUASHED.
I!v <1\,;,.. i-.ph l'ie:- A:-»» nition. CopyrmlH Received IVeemb'o' r S. '.h-JO p.m. Syi':!T .'V. Yesterday. The High Cour!.'< {«: -.shed the conviction .■nvs.iiVst, Pr l'e u-o rk for -the murder of" the giri I'ivics. The Chief .iustice found that ah .hough sufficient (■brums! cm! ial evidence went to show that Pa vies was- <doart it was insufficient to connect. To;: cock with the fact ihere being no .corroboration to the evidence oV. I'olc.e. The judge should have fi.rreded the jury that ihere was no roi rubor: ition <of Poke's evidence, therefore it i .vas ciangerous to convict. 'Ha..! that, boon done the inry must bs.ve icturnctl a verdict of not'guilty. Justice PvS rton agreed in quashing tin- cenvic-U; jn :nid considered there sicnud hv ■■-.. new trial.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 421, 9 December 1911, Page 5
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130MURDER CONVICTION IN QUASHED. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 421, 9 December 1911, Page 5
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