The Sievier Case.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXV, Issue 3849, 1 August 1908, Page 3

The Sievier Case.

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THE ACCUSED ACQUITTED. London, July 31. Lord Chief Justice Riverstone, in summing up in the Joel-Sievier case, commented upon the conflicting nature of the evidence, and left the jury to decide whether Sievier attempted to extort money within the meaning of the Act. If Joel were seeking to obtain through Mills a promise from Sievier to abstain from publishing libela, said His Lordship, that was not extorting. aiThe . jury acquitted Sievier. A great demonstration in favour of Sievier in the Court and the surrounding streets followed the announcement of the verdict. .tfsss*-*a;