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The respondent was tried for murder but the jury returned a verdict of not guilty of murder and was unable to agree on a verdict for manslaughter. The trial judge discharged the jury and ordered a new trial for manslaughter. The respondent argued this violated his protection against double jeopardy. The Privy Council held that for a plea of double jeopardy to succeed, the initial verdict must have been a general acquittal of both murder and manslaughter, which this was not. As the jury explicitly stated the

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