GRAND JURY’S ACTION
ANNOTATIONS ON CHARGE LIST PROBLEM FOR COURT (P.A.) TIMARU, Oct. 7. The action of the grand jury in placing the letters “ N. G.” beside two of - three counts in returning a true bill in the Supreme Court, to-day created probably an unprecedented position. Had a common jury decided to convict on either of these counts, recourse to the Court of Appeal would probably have been necessary. The incident occurred during the trial of Charles Edward Solomon on a charge of arson. Although a true bill had been signed, apparently without qualification, the annotations, said Mr _ Justice Blair, might have meant that jurors who were fully, conversant with legal procedure intended to return a no bill pn the first and third counts. If the common jury therefore brought in a conviction on either of those counts he would have to state a case for the Court of Appeal. The common jury eventually brought in a verdict of guilty on the second count, and no further development will take place.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24732, 8 October 1941, Page 6
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