NO CASE TO ANSWER.
THEFT CHARGES AGAINST McArthur. MAGISTRATE’S OBSERVATIONS. WELLINGTON, July 8. A decision that there was no case for the accused to answer was given in the Magistrate’s Court to-day by Mr. E. D. Mosley, at the conclusion of the hearing of evidence in the case in which three charges of theft were preferred by the Crown against John William Shaw McArthur. “I have listened very carefully to the evidence given on 'behalf of the Crown, which is really of first importance at this particular stage and also listened to the cross-examination and I have come to the conclusion that there is not a substantial prima facie case for the accused to answer,” said Mr. Mosley. He did not wish to give substantial reasons for the conclusion he had reached, lest it prejudice the proceedings at another stage. “Above all things, we want to see McArthur have a fair trial and we also want to see the people as represented by the Crown have a fair chance,” Mr. Mosley said. “The accused is discharged on the three charges of theft.”—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 7 July 1936, Page 5
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182NO CASE TO ANSWER. Wairarapa Age, 7 July 1936, Page 5
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