TOM MANN NOT GUILTY
■ As a jury has found that Tom Mann was not- guilty of the charges preferred against him, not guilty he must be held to be. At the same time friends and enemies alike are certain to conclude that he was guilty. The former will glory in his release as a triumph of the jury system over an unjust law, while the other section is more likely to look upon the result as a miserable miscarriage of justice. Between the two conflicting views it seems that we are forced to conclude the prosecution, under the form it took, to have been a mistake. Antiquated forms of law were relied upon “to make it hot for Tom Mann,” and Tom- Mann has escaped and is a hero. There seems to be no manner of doubt possible that Tom Mann’s efforts might have had serious results. At the same time it is clear that by the efforts to convict him of a partly imaginary crime involving serious punishment, and by the manner in which he was dealt with prior to his being brought to trial, the community generally were practically forced to regard him as a persecuted man.—“ Daily Telegraph.” W
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2492, 4 May 1909, Page 3
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202TOM MANN NOT GUILTY Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2492, 4 May 1909, Page 3
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