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NOT GUILTY
Frank Green Acquitted
DEVINE’S TIEPIN
Shooting Affray Recalled
SYDNEY, Monday
Charged at the Central Criminal Court today with having assaulted James Devine on June 16, 1931, and stolen a diamond tiepin while armed, Francis Donald Green, 28, a clerk, known as Frank Green, was found not guilty and discharged. Green failed to answer when the case was called on last year, and was arrested at Moore Park a few weeks ago.
The Senior Crown Prosecutor (Mr. McKean, K.C.) said that the case rested on the evidence of James Devine. There was no doubt that Green was present at the time of the robbery.
James Devine, a fruiterer, said he met Green at the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, and Green asked for money. He was driven to his home in Maroubra, and Green arrived later with a man and
