JUDIES DISAGREEING. Wellington, July 17.
At the Supreme Court, this morning, the jury, which had been locked up all night, brought iD a verdict of larceny agaiust John Gibson, and the prisoner was remanded for sentence. The jury were then discharged, and owing to a number being excused from attendance the panel was so much reduced that it was thought not expedient to go on with the last case on the calendar, aud the Court adjourned until Monday. The Chief Justice expressed an opinion that an amendment in the Act to give a Judge discretionary power to 'discharge a jury after beiDg locked up three or four hours when there was no chance of their agreeing, would be a step in the right directiou. LIBEL ACTIONS. The Post .states they have authority for stating that Sir Julius Yogel has instructed Mr. W. T. L. Travers, solicitor, to issue writs against both the New Zealand Timc3 and Evening Press for a libel contained in recent articles published in their columns in regard to the District Kailways Debentures Committee's report. In each case damages are laid at £5,000.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7119, 17 July 1886, Page 2
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186JUDIES DISAGREEING. Wellington, July 17. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7119, 17 July 1886, Page 2
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