COURT OF APPEAL
REMOVAL OF GOODS.
DID IT CONSTITUTE THEFT? Bv Telegraph.—Press Association. WELLINGTON, Monday. The Court of Appeal heard argument stated by Mr Justice Reed in re the King v. Roseoe aud Holland, who were tried before Mr Justice Reed at Wellington on August 1 and 2 on an indictment charging them with the theft of goods from the Empire Trading Company. The judge, in his summing up, directed the jury, as a matter of law, that if they were satisfied that the goods were removed by the accused without the knowledge of the manager of the company, then the prisoners had to satisfy "the jury that they had no honest end in view. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but added a recommendation to leniency on account of insufficient proof that the accused did not intend to pay for the goods. The questions before the Appeal Court were—(i) Whether the judge misdirected the jury as to the onus of proof, and (2) whether the verdict amounted to one of "not guilty." Decision was reserved.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14766, 4 October 1921, Page 6
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