THE PUKEKAWA MURDER
JUDGE'S CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY. AUCKLAND. November 8 In the course of his charge to the Grand Jury this morning on various indictments for their consideration, his Honor the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) made special reference to the case in which Samuel John Thorn was accused of having murdered Sydney Seymour Eyre at Pnkekawa on August 25. Addressing the Grand Jury, his Honor said the evidence would show that Eyre did not commit suicide, but must have been killed by a shot through a window, fired by a left-handed man. Thorn, the accused man, it appeared, had been carrying on with Mrs Eyre. Ho had not denied her statement to that effect. According to the evidence ho was anxious that Byre should bo pufc out cf the way, evidently having an attachment for Mrs Eyre. After reviewing other points in the case, his Honor read certain evidence of alleged statements by Thorn, which the Judge said implied that Thorn was present and saw the murder or that he knew who committed tho murder,
yet he did not choose to give an explanation of why he made those utterances. He might do so when he came before the jury. " Gentlemen," concluded the Judge, '' if that was not an admission, I do not know what an admission is."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3479, 16 November 1920, Page 25
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