N.Z. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160812, 20 November 1920, Page 5

N.Z. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

TO-DAY’S RACE,

(Per United Press Association.)

BLENHEIM, Nov. 20. . The weather is fine for the New Zealand sculling championship, which is timed.to start at 3.30. The water is splendid. Fogwell is favourite, but Hannan has plenty of supporters.

sho would have answered, “Why, Sam, I heard you." Possibly there was someone other than Mrs Eyre or accused who was in the case. .Mr Singer concluded his address at 12.25. Mr Martin did not address the jury, HIS HONOR’S SUMMING UP. AUCKLAND, November 19. The Chief Justice, in summing up, referred to Mr Singer’s remarks about Mi’s Eyre. The jury, he said, started with the fact that ill© woman and the man did wrong. There was the question of motive. What was the position of accused? If tho evidence was true, after the husband s return, accused had made what were practically threats against him. He desired the woman. He was dominated by love or lust for her—they could use whichever word they wished, it did not matter. It might be that this desire to get the woman led Mm to commit this great crime. P the jury came to the conclusion, in the event of the other evidence being correct, ihat Thorn was in the neighbournood of Eyre’s house on tlie night of die murder, if he was dom.r.afed by this lust- love some people called it—then na might have wanted! to get rid erf Byre. It was suggested that the crime might have been committed by Mrs Eyre, but that was not suggested by the prisoner himself. He Tad denied the sngg'Stion that it was done by her or Hie family If it was done by her or ilie family, where was the gun? “Can there bo any shadow of suggestin'," asked his Honor, “that you, as noicst men, can re'.y upon to say taut tins shot was firsd by seme person in the house?’. The accused had not suggested that. On the contrary be had suggested that it might have be©h five! from outside If the vuggec'.'.un did not come from Thorn it was imt necessary to go further into it, bub there was a gun found, in accuse I's possession that had been fired) about the same time as the gun that killed Evre. Hia Honor added that if riic jury came to the conclusion that the cMc-m-cd was shot from outside, it did not mutter what statements Mrs Eyre made: she was net the person who committed vhe murder He would) not comment on the suggested charge against her. He thought that charge kU oil’d not be considered by the jury, unless the evidence pointed inevitably to he:. Could they say that any evidence pointed to her at all?

THE JURY DISAGREES

NEW TRIAL ORDERED

AUCKLAND, November 19,

After a ion? retirement, the jury intimated that there was no chance of an agreement, and a new trial was ordered 1

APPLICATION FOR NEW TRIAL, AUCKLAND, November 20. Counsel in the Pukekawa murder case conferred this morning and decided to apply to the Chief Justice on Monday for a date in December for the second trial of Thermit is understood proceedings will b© considerably curtailed.