JURY DISAGREES
NEW TRIAL ORDERED IN BANANA CASE. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON. February 19. After a full retirement, the jury was unable to come to an agreement this evening in the case in the Supreme Court against Laery and Co., Ltd., fruit auctioneers, Wellington, who are charged on five counts with falling to disclose pecuniary interest in a contract, and on one count of rendering false sales accounts to the Department of External Affairs in connection with the disposal of Samoan bananas. A new trial for the May session of the Court was ordered. The Chief Justice presided.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18807, 20 February 1931, Page 2
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