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CHINESE ACQUITTED
(By Telegraph—Free? Association.)
GISBORNE, August 16.
Percy Chong San, Chinese fruiterer, Wairoa, was acquitted by two juries in.the Supreme Court today before. Mr. Justice Quilliam on two indictments alleging indecent assault on little girls. The first jury returned a verdict of not guilty and the second jury returned a similar finding without leaving the box.
The Judge said there would be great danger in convicting a man on such flimsy evidence. Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 41, 17 August 1938, Page 7
(By Telegraph—Free? Association.)
GISBORNE, August 16.
Percy Chong San, Chinese fruiterer, Wairoa, was acquitted by two juries in.the Supreme Court today before. Mr. Justice Quilliam on two indictments alleging indecent assault on little girls. The first jury returned a verdict of not guilty and the second jury returned a similar finding without leaving the box.
The Judge said there would be great danger in convicting a man on such flimsy evidence. Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 41, 17 August 1938, Page 7