TKE HARDEN CASE AT KAL MERSTON.
AX ACQUTTAL. j [United Press Association.] ) 1 i ; PALMERSTON N., Sunday, i t At the Supreme Court on Saturday, ■E. Hart-fi 1 , iolicitor, was charged be- ! fore Mr Justice Chapman with fran- , I dulently tai'ing to account for or pay I trust raon.vs to the amount of £250, ■ '.hereby ccnrn.'ttmg theft. Mr Loughnan. Crown Prosecutor, appeared for the Crown, iir.-.l Mr Wilford appeared for tha accused. Tho evidence for the mo.<.ecution was the same as that given ii„ the lower Court. For ths.' defence Di-! O'Brien, rt'ilson, and Martin gave . • :.1r..,«-~ t>..-_- tho _oon_~l l.a'l 1""-" «"f---tetimj. from the effects of execs, vc al-i-oliol for months prior to his arrest, and was incapable of conducting h's business intelligently. The jury weie nWnt for two hours, final.v returning at midnight with a verdict of not uuiltv. A n» uliui incident wa.s that the proceedings were delayed for half an hour ! owinf to th" failure of the gas. the ] crowded Court being plunged in darkI --=
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 September 1908, Page 4
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169TKE HARDEN CASE AT KAL MERSTON. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 September 1908, Page 4
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