A CHARGE OP ARSON.
(Per United Press Association.)
Timaeu, February 10. At the Supreme Court to-day a remarkable arson case against Homes, the owner of a country hotel at Hilton, was concluded. The only persons in the house at the time of the fire (2 a.m.) were the licensee Homes and a man named Ineson. Ineson swore that Homes talked of burning the place for the insurance, and woke him up when the place was in flames, and said he had fired it. He offered Ineson L2O to say he (Ineson) discovered the fire and had roused Holmes from bed, and the L2O not being paid he determined to tell the truth. Ineson being confessedly a liar, corroboration of his story was. necessary, and this was only obtained by a host of circumstances, such as Homes' financial embarrassment, his reduction of stock, misrepresentation in proof of claim, and previous fires. Over a score of witnesses were called for the Crown, and a dozen for the defence. The jury found Homes guilty, and he was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9347, 11 February 1892, Page 2
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180A CHARGE OP ARSON. Otago Daily Times, Issue 9347, 11 February 1892, Page 2
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