COURT OF APPEAL
PRISONER'S MOTION FOR NEW ! TRIAL. I j A WILL EASE. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 22. j The Appeal Court heard th» motion of ! Franklin John Smith, who wi> convicted j and sentence.; to seven years’ imprisonment i for rape at Auckland, for a new trial on the j ground tit.at the urdict given was again.-t ! the weight of evidence. The Court re- I served .judgment. I The Court is hearing the case of McDon- j aid v Valentine and others. This is an ap- [ peal from the decision of Mr Justice Sim i with regard to the will of Archibald Me- | Donald, of Lower ilutt. It is alleged that 1 the execution of the will had been obtained I by undue influence on the part of the pres- j fnt appellant (plaintiff,'. Application for probate of the will in solemn form was j heard by Mr Justice Sim, who pronounced I against the will propounded by plaintiff, j Plaintiff is now appealing against this de- I cision. The rase is proceeding. j
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Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 5
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