MANSLAUGHTER.
'A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY. By Telegraph—Press Association—^Copyright Melbourne, May 18. Frederick Parker, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of his brother last month, was sentenced to twelvq months' imprisonment. Two brothers, named William and Frederick Parker, were proceeding homo after a family reunion and stopped at a hotel on tho way. Afterwards they had a fight outside the hotel, and William knocked Frederick down and severely kicked him. William then ran away, and Frederick rose from the ground and went off in tho opposite direction. Soon afterwards William staggered back to the hotel with a wound in his throat. He was (taken to the hospital. In reply to cniestions put to him by the- police, ho refused to say who had injured him. He only said tuat if the police arrested his brother they would bo taking the wrong man. He died a couple of' hours later. Frederick disappeared, but in tho afternoon he surrendered to tho police. His clothes were found to bo bloodstained. Ho was drunk, and remembered fighting, but forgot what followed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1444, 20 May 1912, Page 5
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176MANSLAUGHTER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1444, 20 May 1912, Page 5
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