Second Disagreement In Banks Trial
(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. After a retirement of nearly four hours, the jury in the Supreme Court yesterday failed to agree in the case of Wilfred Henry Banks, timber merchant. aged 39. who was charged will) alleged false pretences. it was the second trial of Banks, the jury also failing to agree at the first trial. Both trials lasted for four days.
When the disagreement was announced yesterday, Mr A. W. Brown, for the Crown, moved for a third trial and the application was granted by Mr Justice Northcroft.
The charge against Banks was that on February 28, 1943. at Christchurch, he had, with intent to detrend obtained from the United States Joint Purchasing Board the sum ot £2BO/1/3 for the Papanui Timber Company by means of a certain false pretence by falsely representing that the grade or quality of timber supplied by that company to the board was higher or better than the active grade or quality of the timber.
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Northern Advocate, 25 February 1944, Page 2
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