THE APPEAL COURT.
A PRISONER’S RIGHT,
rPr.n rnF.ss Association.! WELLINGTON, Dec. 3. The Appeal Court to-day gave judgment in the case of Rex v. McCann and Brown. The point was whether the judge could comment on the refusal of a prisoner to give' evidence in his own defence. Separate judgments were delivered by each of the five j udges wlio heard the case, Justices Williams, .Denniston, and Cooper holding that a judge could not comment,and Justices Edwards and Chapman dissenting. The conviction was therefore quashed by a majority. The Court- then adjourned till February 1.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2676, 4 December 1909, Page 5
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95THE APPEAL COURT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2676, 4 December 1909, Page 5
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