FOUND NOT GUILTY.
j TWO SERIOUS CHARGES. ► ! ... ~, ' : A verdict of not guilty was returned t : yesterday by tho jury in the case of 1 • Percy Reginald Maddock (Mr. Tong), ; | against whom two charges of having un- ! lawful carnal knowledge of a girl under . ! the age of 16, were preferred at- the I Supreme Court before Mr, Justice Herd- • i man. • j It was alleged by the prosanitiDn that I one offence was committed at Surfdale-and I i tho other in Auckland. Accused denied 1 ! the allegation. The evidence and coun- | sels' addresses were heard on- Monday, ! ' and His Honor summed up yesterday . | morning. Upon his acquittal accused I was discharged.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18550, 7 November 1923, Page 7
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