I must say I was surprised, continued the Judge, to find ¢he amount of stone not on the stone issue notes. To my surprise, the amount on each note, I find, is not that issued from the stone-yard, but! is only the amount wanted. This ured amount was passed by thi Engineer upon the re quisition of another, who then went to the yard and took a quantity of stone ce suit his requirements, more few withdrawals from stock, said Sir Skinner Turner, who then ran down a list of issues giving figures from fractions of a fang up to two) or three hundred, T will not put it to you that any of the several foreigners wrongfully took out stock, ut this method, I must for a very considerable mai error. When you deal with 8,000 fang issued over a period of two it does not require a very!
mount in excess of the issue to account for the There were 10,000 fang' and apparently 8,000)
out in [this time. I would Point out to you' that both in and out there is a very great possibility of error, "Even with honesty, it does not require a very large amount added to that taken out by each individual note on these 2,500 tsine notes, to account for the loss.
You must take into account the record of Hurst. There is nothing: said of a motive; there hay been mention of extravagant living: Hurst is a man of 53 years with a record of service in the British Army, from which he draws a pen. slon, He has recumulated a total of $4,000 superannuation and he would, if convicted lose both thi ut the pension. You must cot sides the probability of a man with a record auch as his placing him-@olf and his whole future in the hands of a contractor and losing both his superannuation and pension. You must also consider his firm denial of having taken a bribe and generally his straightforward evidence and demeanour, It is you to decide now—Did he corruptsacaive money for services re0- The jury retired at 3.30 and returned "at 4 o'clock with the unanimous verdict of Not Guilty.
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