THE BLACKMAIL CASE.
CABLE NEWS
SIEVIKU ACQUITTED. United Press Association. Copyright iLONDOX, July 130. Sic viol- described witnesses Bendon and Mills as perjurors, and declared ■tlint Joel and Mills had conspired to manufacture evidence against him. Lord AJverstono, in summing up, commented on the conflicting nature of the evidence. Ho left the jury to decide whether Sievier attempted to extort money within the meaning of the Act. If" Joel was seeking to obtain through Mills a promise from Sievier to lab&tniu from publishing libels that was not extorting. The jury acquitted the (prisoner. There was a great demonstration in favor of Sievier about the Court and in the surrounding streets.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2258, 1 August 1908, Page 3
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110THE BLACKMAIL CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2258, 1 August 1908, Page 3
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