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Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1948, Page 5

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Press Association)

Further Evidence At Trial Of Horton

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Wellington, nov. 9. With a "Court Full". notice on the door, of the main courtropm, ' the trial of Edward Raymond Hor- • ton, aged 20, blacksmith's striker, on a charge of the murder of Mrs. Katherine Cranston on Mount Viecoria on September 26, was con- . tinued in the Supreme Court today. . • Today!s proceedings opened with the cross-examination of Raymond James Hellyer, with whom accused, according to the evidence, shared a bed at the People's P-alace on the nights of September 25 and 26. Witness said he had met Horton in Paparoa Prison. On Tuesday, September 28, he saw Horton in the Police Station and, at Horton's request, he recovered Horton's clothing from the People's Palace. Frederick Charles Jarman, _ a confectioner, said that at about' 1 p.m. on September 26 a man whom he identified as accused had entered his shop and bought a shilling's worth of minties. Witness said he had rem'arked to others" in the shop after the man had left "that the man doesn't want minties but a bath."- Horton was* untidy, his hair was ruffled and he seemed to have something high round his neck like a cardigan. Two school boys described seeing a man going up Mt. Victoria on the Sunday. They said his clothes were sort of dark blue with a stripe. George Wallace Stewart, a storeman, said he had seen Horton in Courtenay Place about 2 p.m. on the Sunday. Witness noticed blood on accused's clothing, particularly his pullover, and some blood under his eye. Horton had been wearing bell-bottom navy blue trousers. Horton had told witness that he had been in a brawl that morning when "Nobfoy" Clark was with him, and he had added, "You ought to see my.trousers. They're smothered in blood." He had said that he had been home to change them. Cross-examined, witness said that he had known Horton for about ten months, having met him n Christchurch. The. case is proceeding. [Evidence heard late* yesterday afternoon appears on Page 6J