JURY DISAGREE IN AUCTIONEERS CASE.
Per 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, charged on five counts with failing to disclose pecuniary interest in a contract and 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 thief Justice presided.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 43, 20 February 1931, Page 4
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