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TRIAL OF SIEVIER, ACCUSED ACQUITTED.. Press Association—By Telegraph-CopyrigM, LONDON, July 50. Lord Alversione, in summing up, commented on the conflicting mtoa </i the evidence, and left it to the juty to deckle •wihether Sievier had attempted to esfet money within tine meaning of the act. If Joel were seeking to obtain through MxUs a promise from Sievior to abstain from publishing alleged libels about him, that was not extorting. The jury acquitted Sievier. There was a great demonstration in ■favour of Sievier in the court and ivi the surrounding' streets.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14281, 1 August 1908, Page 9
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