A RE-TRIAL
CASE AGAINST McCONKEY VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY (Per Press Association.) . PALMERSTON N., Nov. 20. The Supreme Court to-day was occupied with the retrial of Robert McConkey, tvho was charged with indecent assault on his step-daughter, who was under 16 years of age. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. At a previous trial accused was found guilty, but the Court of Appeal ordered a retrial on the grounds that certain evidence for the prosecution had been called after accused’s case had closed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 276, 21 November 1928, Page 7
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85A RE-TRIAL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 276, 21 November 1928, Page 7
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