THE O'SHAUGHNESSY CASE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 7

THE O'SHAUGHNESSY CASE.

•QUESTIONS FOB APPEAL COURT. [BY TELEGRAPH, —VBEBS ASSOCIATION.] ' Wellington, Friday. In the Court of Appeal to-day, before the Chief Justice and Judges Williams, Edwards, Cooper, and ' Chapman, argument •was heard in the Crown cases reserved of the King v. 0' Shaughnessy and the King v. Hassell and Campbell. The cases arose out of. the death of Elsie Alexandra Holland on June 13 of last year, at AuckIf..'.'- land. It will be remembered that the trial took place in November last, and that Mrs. O'Shaughnessy was convicted of manslaughter, and the other two prisoners of conspiring to obstruct, prevent, pervert, and defeat the course of justice. Mrs O'Shaugbnessy was sentenced to - seven years' imprisonment with hard labour, and the other prisoners to 12 months, with hard labour. The questions reserved "to as to be admissibility of certain evidence tending to show that Mrs.: O'Shaughnessy's-house was known as a place where illegal oper- . ations might be . performed and the ad- : missibility of the depositions of the r ; prisoners taken ; before the Coroner. Mr. !>>•' ,t Singer appears for .all the r prisoners, and , the Solicitor-General for the Crown. <, , Argument had not concluded. when < the . Court rofiQe ' / 'v ~':r ,/• ' . j