ALLEGED PERJURY.
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY,
Per Press Association
DUNEDIN, Nov. 6
After a retirement of about a quarter of an hour, the jury hearing the charge of perjury against George Augustus Herbertr eturned to Court with a verdict of not guilty and the prisoner was discharged. The hearing of the case engaged the attention of the Court all day yesterday and up till the luncheon adjournment to-day. ‘ Mr F. B. Adams, for tho Crown, referred to tho fact that there was a similar charge against William Kavanagh Mercer and said he would suggest to the Solicitor-General that the decision in Herbert’s case be taken as deciding Mercer’s case. He proposed to ask that the other case stand down till next session and to apply for a nolle prosequi. Mr A. C. Hanlon, for tlje defence, suggested that the Crown Prosecutor should wire away at once and not leave the case hanging over Mercer’s head for so. long. His Honour, Mr Justice McGregor, agreed that the ease should stand down till the end of the present list, till Mr Adams had reoeived advice from Wellington.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 6
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185ALLEGED PERJURY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 6
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