MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
[BY TELEGRAPH. correspondent.]
Dunedin, Tuesday. On the 13th inst. a man was brought before the Police Court in connection with charges of an indecent nature, in ■■ the presence ,of women, and the opinion was then expressed by the police that it was a case of mistaken identity. When the accused, who had been remanded, appeared before the Court this morning, Chief Detective Herbert said that the police would offer no evidence. It had been clearly established that accused was the wrong man. The magistrate dismissed the case. ■ ■
Another man was then charged. . Mr. Hanlon, in applying for ; a remand for his client, mentioned that one man had l been a victim of mistaken identity, and! he suggested that possibly his client was suffering similarly.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13494, 22 May 1907, Page 7
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