ERIC MAREO.
POSSIBILITY OF APPLICATION FOR NEW TRIAL. SOLICITOR CONFERS WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE. WELLINGTON, July 7. The likelihood of a further trial for Eric Mareo, twice tried and sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, is being discussed. Mr. K. C. Aekins, Mareo's solicitor at Auckland, who, with Mr. H. F. O'Leary, K.C., as leading counsel, conducted his defence, had a conference with the Minister of Justice (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason) to-day and returned to Auckland to-night. The Minister made no comment when he was interviewed. Mr. O’Leary, who was out of town to-day, stated that he could say nothing until he heard from Mr. Aekins. Such an application for leave to apply for a new trial would come before Mr. Justice Callan and probably would be referred to the Court of Appeal, as was the case after the first trial. A probable ground for the application would be that the verdict was allegedly against the weight of evidence, particularly the new evidence adduced at the second trial.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 8 July 1936, Page 5
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173ERIC MAREO. Wairarapa Age, 8 July 1936, Page 5
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