JURY AT THE THEATRE.
IN CHARGE OF THE POLICE
THE WESTPORT MURDER
TRIAL.'
'~ [PBESS ASSOCIATION.*] . . . :: , NELSON, June 26. ' At< the Theatre Royal last evening an unusual spectacle was furnished by the jury in the Westport murder case being marched in undei: the charge of Sergt. Dougan to witness MacMahon Bros' picture display. The jury are locked up nightly and kept together at the Masonic Hotel, and. as they had been in confinement for three days they expressed a desire to attend the theatre as a relief. The Judge sair' no harm. In view of a, probable disagreement in th§ murder case, a new panel have been summoned to hold themselves in readiness; ; ■ / .
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 150, 26 June 1908, Page 5
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112JURY AT THE THEATRE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 150, 26 June 1908, Page 5
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