COURT OF APPEAL.
A NAPIER CASE.
AX INTERESTING POINT.
[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Wellington, Friday. Is the Appeal Court to-day the case of the Crown v. Martin Johnson was argued. Johnson was tried before Mr, Justice Cooper and a jury at Napier, on a charge of setting fire to premises known as the "Silver Grid. Counsel for the Crown omitted to prove that the building was fixed to the soil, and at the conclusion of the Crown's evidence counsel for the prisoner contended that without this evidence there was not sufficient evidence to go to a jury, and that they should be directed to acquit accused.
His Honor held that there was sufficient evidence, and so directed the jury, who convicted the accused. The judge, however, reserved for the opinion of the Court of Appeal the question as to whether there was sufficient evidence, and whether his direction was right.
The Court, without calling upon the Crown to reply, delivered an oral judgment, affirming the conviction.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 8
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