AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
(United Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 22. At the Supreme Court to-day in the case in which Richard- William Martin was charged with having sent letters containing, threats to kill Alexander Collins, Walter Dxnnie, handwriting expert, gave reasons for his opinion that tho anonymous letters were all written Ibv the same person. It was obvious, in I his opinion, thaUthe letters were writI ten in a carefully disguised hand. He had compared the writing in- the anony- , roous letters with documents admitted to be in the handwriting of tho accused, and he was of opinion that both i were written by the same person. | Counsel for the accused, when, cross- ■ examining the witness, produced a letj ter written by another person, but, as this letter had some" bearing on the case, Mr Justice Hbaking would not allow it to be used, and adjourned the hearing to enable other writing of the individual 'to. 'ho ‘ procured.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 23 May 1919, Page 5
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157AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 23 May 1919, Page 5
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