Court for the defence, said the story told for the prosecution was one of the most unsatisfactory he had heard in any Court. It was unsatisfactory more especially because it was told in a halting way with many corrections and by a man obviously in a very muddled state of mind. He was in such a state of mind that he could not say what did happen on that night. He said he thought there might have been a motive for this attempted murder because he had lent sums of money to Mrs. Rowarth and others, and' as they were in debt to him, they wished him out of the way. It was incredible that an old lady of 63 should have had that as a motive. No one would have allowed promissory notes to remain in the man's office or on his person. He had not told a deliberate lic, but had made a very serious mistake indeed which had cost Mrs. Rowarth her liberty. She bee sterely innocent, but he hackneyed phrase thab no jury counsel) was not going to use the
would convict.—He would say that no jury would convict on the evidence so far heard.
The hearing was then adjourned until this afternoon.
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