TUESDAY, JUNE 30,- 1931.
THREE HOURS: NO all, as there were so many contradic.
VERDICT.
tions.
The women's evidenco had ber tain immaterial discrepancies, àlan some serious ones:" There were
Jury Fail to Agree in many theories to put forward in
Murder Trial.
THREE RETIREMENTS.
There was a very unusual deve- lopment at the close of the Yaumati murder trial yesterday, whon after a retirement of two hours and a half the jury could not agree upon any of the paints raised as to a
verdict
The Chief Justice explained that in certain cases a majority verdict might be accepted, The Jury_ac- cordingly retired again, but on their return were still unable to return a majority verdict of either not guilty or guilty of manslaughter.
Replying to the foreman (Mr. B. C. Field) His Lordship said that a majority might bring in a ver- dict of guilty or not guilty of man slaughter,
verdict of but any murder must be unanimous. The jury retired for, the third time, but were still unable to agree.
His Lordship, having questioned them as to their verdict, discharg ed the jury and remanded the prisoner. The casè was adjourned until Thursday next when Mr. Fitzroy, for the prosecution, will
indicate his line of action.
An Unusual Case.
this mysterious case.
Prisoner's story was a strange one, and did not carry conviction at. first sight. It was difficult to be- lieve unless there was fear on one side and domination on the other. The prisoner had not run away after the crime, but he certainly helped to carry away the corpse, and remove the traces of it, as that he had gullty knowledge.
B. C. Field (foreman), C. C. J. The jury consisting of Messrs. Whitehead, A. M. Xavier, N. Wong, F. X. dos Remedios; C. de Ribeiro and Chan Ping-san, then retired to consider their verdict.
Judge And Magistrate. Before rising, his Lordship said: I am obliged to the gentlemen of the jury for the time they have devoted to the case and they are discharged. Before I remand the prisoner I should like to say some- thing with reference to what I' said last Friday, relating to the taking of a prisoner's statement
at the Magistracy.
I will not say much now, but 1 would merely like to say that I have no doubt that the Magistrate acted in good faith in the interests as he believed of the prisoner.
I adhere to my view, however, that it was not part of the duty of the Mugistrate to advise the pri-
soner, and he ought to confine him- self severely to what he la directed by, In summing up in the afternoon, the Ordinance to do, namely, to give His Lordship said the case had cer-the prisoner the option of making tain unusual and mysterious fea- a statement at the Magistracy if he tures, requiring very careful con- wishes, and the only warning he sideration.
It would be possible ought to give him la the warning for the jury to bring in a provided by the Ordinance to the verdiet of manslaughter if they effect that anything he says will be Dr. Uttley's evid taken down and may be given in ence he found inconsistent, but evidence upon his trial.. It was difficult to reject his evidence on the question of concussion. The no evidence to defence had called
80 found.
substantiate this point. The jury had to form their own opinion as to strangulation or not.
The story of the adopted brother was the most damning against pri- soner. It was difficult to sea why it should have been given ware It not true. But there were several curious differences in his story, not all of which conflicted with the other witnesses, however.
But It was difficult to see what reliance could be placed on the evidence at
HERE
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TITANIC CAPTAIN'S WIDOW.
A verdict of "Accidental death"
was returned at an inquest at Pad. Annie dington on Mrs. Sarah Smith, the widow of Captain Ed ward John Smith, who was in com- mand of the Titanic when she struck an iceberg in the Atlantic.
Mra. Smith, who was almost blind in one eye, was knocked down and injured in South Kensington by a taxicab. The jury exonerated the
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