CONFESSION AND ACQUITTAL
(Per Press Association ) Napier, Dec 3. Two men, one an ex-army office r were acquitted on a charge of robbery from a dweliinghouse near Tarawera. The case was clear as day on prisoners' own confession, i but it transpired that the confession was obtained by a promise given by the arresting constable that if they showed where a watch was hidden they should be liberated. Without the information contained ia the confession the chaige could not have been proved, and the judge told the jury to dismiss the confession from their minds. '
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1363, 4 December 1884, Page 2
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95CONFESSION AND ACQUITTAL Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1363, 4 December 1884, Page 2
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