THE NAPIER CASE.
ADJOURNMENT MADE. Per Press Association. NAPIER, May 25. The jury engaged in the trial of Charles' William Price on the charge of murder to-day paid its second visit to the scene of the alleged crime. Following the hearing of evidence regarding the size of the roll of notes in Price’s possession when he visited the Te'Aute Hotel, the Court adjourntill Monday and the jury departed for Argyll East- . Norman John Guild, the taxidnvsr, and Gordon Hart, the son of the licensee of the hotel, described the roll of notes respectively as the size of a penny and a half-crown. They were shown a roll of notes by Mr Justice Blair and both stated that it was smaller than the roll produced by Price. The roll shown by His Honour was prepared by the jury and consisted of one £5 note and three £1 notes.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 May 1935, Page 8
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147THE NAPIER CASE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 May 1935, Page 8
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