MUNGANA CLAIM FAILS

Patea Mail, 26 August 1931, Page 4

MUNGANA CLAIM FAILS

THI7ODOR.I7 CLI7ARJ7D Ob CHARM 17 Cleared by the jury of having taken part in a conspiracy, the federal liie.sltrer. .Mr. 17. 0. Theodore, and (lie former Prime .Mini.-lei of (pieces!:;ml, Mr. W. McCormack, left the Supremo Conn on August I t rbimphantly followed by a crowd of men and some women, who cheered wildly ami threw Ilnur hats in the air. making a remarkable demonstration in Brisbane's mist congested area. The jury found in effect that there was no conspiracy among the detendanls, <,who also included Reid and (ioddanb for the purchase of the Muu'olllo mines by the l.pieensia ml Coveruinent Hr T-tii.nnii, which the Crown claimed far exceeded their value. There was no conspiracy by any ot the defendants whereby either Theodore or McCormack used his influence in furtherance of a common design to defraud the Covernment. The jury’s answers to all the questions exonerated the four defendants and judgment was entered accordingly, the costs to be taxed.