CHARGE NOT SUSTAINED.
(From Ocr Own Correspondent.) OPHIJt, December ?. 'William. Jame* Stephens was to-dafi brought ' before Messrs Fitches and* M'Knight, justices, charged with the theft? in August last of a quo, *ho property ofl J. D. M'Lennan, Matakanui. Cowstabl© Taylor prosecuted and Mr J. R. Kfck, # Kaeeby, appeared for the 'accused, in whose possession the gun had been found in Mil*, ton. Evidence for the prosecution was given by M'Lennan and hi* wife, William, Gordon, and Constable M'Rae, Milton. Thai 'accused pleaded not guilty, and explained) that he had purchased the gun from Gor< don for £1. The bench considered tho evidence for the police inconclusive, and dismissed the case. * *.'
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Otago Witness, Issue 2804, 11 December 1907, Page 27
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110CHARGE NOT SUSTAINED. Otago Witness, Issue 2804, 11 December 1907, Page 27
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