THIRD TRIAL GRANTED.
ONGAROTO MURDER (\ASE Hamilton, August 6.—After the Ongaroto murder trial the Crown Solicitor applied for a new trial. Mr Hampson, for prisoner, opposed the application. He said the prisoner had been in custody for four months suffering from the mental strain of two trials, and the strain of a third trial would be too great to be contemplated. The evidence was purely circumstantial and upon it two car© ful, intelligent and unbiassed juries had disagreed. Council contended that a fair trial could not be expected either in Hamilton or in Auckland, where people all read the Press reports and the judge's summing up. His Honour said he should grant a third trial, and the Solicitor-Generil would declare whether it was advisable to proceed.
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Wairarapa Age, 9 August 1921, Page 3
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