LEAVE TO APPEAL.
IN COOPER CASE. REASONS EOii REFUSAL. PRESS ASSOCIATION IT.LKGttAM WELLINGTON, Wednesday. .In the. written judgment of tho Appeal Court ro the application on behalf of Coopor, for leave to appoal against, his conviction lor murder, the Chief Justice said the main ground of tho application was the evidence admitted wilh respect to finding other bodies than the one ho was charged with murdering, and that this evidence was nor admissible until a prima lueie case of .murder was made out. Ho was of opinion that sufficient evidence had j been adduced to warrant tho Court in j admitting this evidence. He went over j the points connecting Cooper with tho murder ot Hiss .McLeod's child, and considered that the case was indistinguishable from Makin v. the Attorney- 1 General of New South Wales, and Regina v. Dean, and the Court was bound i liy the decision in these cases. |
Mr Justice II oskinjr ami Mr Justice ; Salmonil concurred, ami leave io ap- j peal was therefore refused.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 31 May 1923, Page 6
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170LEAVE TO APPEAL. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 31 May 1923, Page 6
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