AUCKLAND APPEAL CASE.
QUESTION OF INTENTION. [by TELEGRAPH. —OWN RESPONDENT. WELLINGTON. Wednesday. The Court was engaged to-day in hearing an appeal in an Auckland criminal case. The position was somewhat unusual, in that the accused had not been sentenced, the Judge having directed the jury to £nd him guilty formally, and having then referred the question of law involved to the Appeal Court. The accused, Arthur Alfred Bernard Barker, was tried on two charges of attempted indecent assault. Mr. Allan H. Moody, (Auckland) appeared for the accused, and Mr.-A. represented the Crown. ' The 1 admitted facts of the case were that accused wrote a letter to a lad and met, him. The letter was shown to the boy's father, and when the lad met accused he was accosted by a detective and a policeman. Accused afterwards jpade a statement admitting an intention to commit an offence. Mr.' Moody submitted that the facts did not disclose the commission of an offence, • mere intention not being a crime. Decision was reserved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18663, 20 March 1924, Page 9
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