Maori Girl Found Guilty Of Murder
WELLINGTON, Feb. 2. A jury in the Supreme Oourt retufcbed a verdict of guilty after a 1 retirement of nearly two hours, in the case of Peggy Ma&ka, a Maori domestic, aged 24, who was charged ( with the murder Of her foster child, the 18 months' half-caste Lee Kim Ahipene, at Te Ore Ore, near Masterton, on November 10, 1948. Ml\ Justic Fair sentenged Maaka to life imprisonment with hard labour. A rider added by the jury stated: "We view With alarm the conditions allowed to exist by the authorities in allowing Chinese and Maoris to cohabit to the detriment of the morals of both races. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 February 1949, Page 5
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