The Archive · 1922

Some Interesting Evidence At: Wednesday's hearing, Mr

C. Faithful, for the prosection, said that since the adjournment the police had done all they could to get evidence bearing on the case, and he thought there was sufficient to justify conviction of the accused.

was circumstantial evidence, but people had been hanged, entirely on circumstantial evidence. Accused being unemployed, com. plainant had out of charity given him food and shelter. He saw complainant put the valuables into a box, and during complainant's absence, both accused and the valuables disappeared. Accused afterwards had sufficient mooney to pay for whiskey and go for a motor car ride.

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