INCONSISTENT VERDICTS.
CRITICISM OF JURIES. JUDGE RECORDS DISAPPROVAL. 'Inconsistent verdicts in exactly similar —one prisoner being found guilty 'and another being acquittedby different juries, were the subject of comment in the Supreme Court in Wellington on Wednesday before His Honor, Mr. Justice Salmond. " ■;"'■".;"'■: ...' \- Before passing' sentence on a. grocer charged' with, having failed to »keep adequate books under section 138 ,of the Bankruptcy Act, His Honor said. he was faced with the position that the jury, in an exactly similar case, had acquittedanother prisoner whose case was entirely on all fours with this one. He entirely agreed with the conviction, and as entirely disagreed with the acquittal. In the rather unusual circumstances he proposed to record his disapproval of inconsistent verdicts by inflicting a lenient sentence of seven days' imprisonment without, hard labour. ■ '■■-'.' . . .: • : .'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18629, 9 February 1924, Page 11
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133INCONSISTENT VERDICTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18629, 9 February 1924, Page 11
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