COURT REVERSES DECISION
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE HEARD. MAN GIVEN BENEFIT OF DOUBT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston North, Last Night. Andrew John Harland, drover of Pohangina, succeeded at the Supreme Court to-day in his appeal against a conviction recorded against him in the Magistrate’s Court at Feilding on March 2, when he was found guilty of converting a motor car to his own use. The Magistrate had imposed a sentence of two months’ gaol without the option of a fine. Additional evidence was brought forward to-day for the defence, Mr. Justice Ostler remarking that, had the Magistrate heard this additional evidence, he in all probability would not have entered the conviction. There was a strong chain of circumstances pointing to the accused's guilt, yet several loopholes were evident. Consequently Harland should be given the benefit of the doubt.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 June 1927, Page 9
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