The Chemis Case.
Wellington, October 14. The Appeal Court opened this morning. Only five cases were set down. The first taken was the appeal on behalf of Louis Chemis, under a special Act passed this session. Mr Jellicoe applied for a new trial on the grounds, first, that the evidence at the former trial five years ago, in the possession of prisoner’s counsel, and the evidence since discovered, might have led the jury to a different conclusion ; and secondly that the verdict was obtained by unfair practices on the part of two of the Crown witnesses. It was pointed out, however, that the Act only enables an application to bo made on the ground that the verdict was against tbe weight of evidence, and tbe Court unanimously held they could not look to anything outside this, but only to the evidence at the trial. Mr Jellicoe thereupon said he could not go on, and the Court refused the motion.
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Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 135, 18 October 1895, Page 3
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