ARSON CHARGE FAILS
MEN GUILTY OF BREAKING AND ENTERING (By Telegraph—Press Association) AUCKLAND, 2nd May. I The trial of Leonurd Guard and Frederick Charles Ward on four charges, including arson, was concluded in the Supreme Court. t His Honour, in summing up, said drunkenness or anger was no excuse for the crime. In any case, there was no evidence that the accused were drunk at the time, although it appeared that they had consumed more liquor than was good for them. 'From the evidence, the jury might come to the conclusion that the accused broke and entered the house with the intention of committing the crime of assault. After a retirement lasting four hours the jury found Guard guilty on the breaking and entering charge, and also on the charge of setting fire to the clothes sind blankets, but not guilty on the arson and mischief charges. Ward was found guilty on the breaking and entering charge only, a recommendation to leniency being made in his case. The accused were remanded for sentence.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 4 May 1934, Page 8
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