ACQUITTAL DISALLOWED.
CANADIAN LEGAL DECISION. OTTAAAIA, Dec. 24. For the first time in Canadian history an acquittal in a murder case has been disallowed by tire Supreme Court, forcing a citizen to place his life in jeopardy, twice for the same offence. On an appeal the New Brunswick Attorney-General secured a new trial in the case of Norman Pitts, who had been acquitted by a jury Of slaying his neighbour in an affray.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 25, 27 December 1932, Page 7
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73ACQUITTAL DISALLOWED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 25, 27 December 1932, Page 7
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