A seven-day trial of Sergeant E. W. Peters and Probationary" Sergeant W. 'A, Judd on the charge of murdering a Chinese beggar. Mah Teh-pins, ended Tuesday, Feb, 11, in Haat. Supreme Court with the equitial of both Prisoners. The verdict was given by the jury after a most patient. and Iueid exposition of the law and care-Tui recapitulation. ofthe. evidence by the presiding duidge. The circum. stances "in which the' deceased met his "death "have "been "recorded in' sue lent detail" to. show that "Considerable room was "Het for surmise and, even mystifea-Mien, "The. Judge's function of expounding the law affecting the Serious charge brought against the Prisoners didn't relieve ihe jury. of their obligation to. aeses. the' foote ang, above all. to base their decision on the principle that tre onus of proc? lay upon the prosecution, 'The eax Was mot -clear-eut, Successful dion: {anglemont of the facts could. be mttempted only by those who, like the uty, were Kept in close. touch' with the evidence and arguments on bot sides during the whole of the tral 'The decision must be. taken to re: Dresent the jury's view that" the Prosecution Had not fulfilled the eon. Aitions to" whic the Judge' drew special attention in his reference ty {ho important: Judgment of Viscount Sankey" 38 Lord" Chancelfor inthe House of Lords last Alay" (Woolming® ton v. Director of Public Prove minal lave one golden ted Throuhout the web of th> Rngsh Sisays the seem, that oner's subject to matters the prosecution to wove the far to. the defence of insanity. and object also fo any statutory excep Lord Sankey's dictum was introduced by 8 preceding passage In which he of his innocence. "SNY he Jury
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