Nonsuit Applied for In Mungana Case
THEODORE’S BANKING ACCOUNT.
Received Tuesday, 9.50 p.m. BRISBANE, Aug. 11. In the Mungana case, Chief Justice Blair reserved judgment on a motion by counsel for the defence for nonsuits in regard to all the defendants. Chief Justice Blair held that if ho look the case from the jury and the Appellate Court held against him the paities would bo put to the expense of a new trial. Counsel had contended that the Crown had failed to disclose conspiracy, that Theodore wa s not associated with "any common design," and that the moneys paid by McCormack into Theodore’s bank account were not in respect of the sale of the Mungana mines. The Attorney-General, in reply, claimed that the Crown did not havo to prove concerted acts by direct evidence. Conspiracy was a mere matter of inference and there was irressistible inference of conspiracy. Counsel for the defendants to-day intimated that they did not intend tc call evidence for the defence.
The hearing was not concluded.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 12 August 1931, Page 6
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