MUNGANA CASE
DEFENCE NON-SUIT POINTS JUDGMENT RESERVED Received Aug. 11, 11.25 p.m. BRISBANE, Aug. 11. In the Mungana case the Chief Jus tiee reserved judgment on the motior by counsel for the defence for non-suit: in regard to all the defendants. The Chief Justice held that if hi took the case from the jury and th. appellate court held against him, th parlies would be put to the expense 01 a new trial. Counsel had contended that the Crown had failed to disclosi conspiracy, that Theodore was not as sociated with “any common design,' and that the moneys paid by McCor mack into Theodore’s bank accoun ■were not in respect to the sale of th< Mungana mines. The Attorney-General, in reply, claim ed that the Crown did not have t< prow the concerted acts by direct evid enre. Conspiracy was a mere matter o inference and there was an irresistibl inference of conspiracy. Counsel for defendants to-day inti wated that they did not intend to cal tvidence for the defence. Tiiv hearing has not concluded.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 189, 12 August 1931, Page 7
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175MUNGANA CASE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 189, 12 August 1931, Page 7
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