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of a drawer in the house of the 8th accused where the six revolvers and
some live and some spent ammunition was found. Among the revolvers were
the ones No.1 and No.3 said they carried.
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I repeat what I said earlier that a statement of one accused
is not evidence against another but, nevertheless, where statements
been admitted in evidence I think their full contents may be of use
in assessing the background.
When No.2 was charged with murder he said
If
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I was the last one to arrive at
handed the gun back to
(8th accused's) house. I
(No.7). In actual fact it was (No.7) |
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who told' me to rendezvous at (8th accused's) house." When charged with
having the revolvers under his control he said "After the robbery I handed
my pistol to (No.7)."
No.3 when charged with murder said "... after going home, we
again went to (8th accused's) house. By the time of my arrival I already
had two guns; one I took along with me and the other was snatched from
the bank. I handed the two guns to (No.7). Then (No.7) put all the
guns into (8th accused's) drawer ...".
No.4 when charged with murder said ".
Then we walked to
At .
(8th accused's) house.
(8th accused's) house I handed the
gun back to (No.7) who immediately put it inside a drawer ...".
..
The 8th accused when charged with murder said "I wish to talk
about the guns first. As (No.7) often gave me money to spend and he
asked me to keep the guns for him. On the night prior to the incident
(No.7) came alone to my house and took away all four guns
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12 o'clock on the morning of the 14th (No.6) and (No.5)........
returned to my house first. It seemed that No.7 returned alone
immediately after them
When everyone had come back (No.7)
At about
collected all the guns from them. Altogether there were six guns.