THE KAUANGAROA MURDER
FRESH EVIDENCE REGARDING BENNIER'S SANITY. (Br Telegraoh—Speoial CorresnondenU Wanganul, December 3. It is reported that an important development has occurred in tha case of Frank Edward Bennier, sentenced to death for murdering his wife at Xauangaroa on September 10. .His counsel has received an urgent telegram from an up-country telegraph office in Nelson stating that evidence of former insanity on Bennier's part . MnW M given. This, 'f confirmed, would have an important bearing on the caso. At the trial Bennier's counsel acknowledged that his chief difficulty was his lack of evidence of Bennier's previous career. Immediate steps are hemp: taken to test the accuracy of the latest communication, and the Minister of Justice has been already communicated with. .
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 60, 4 December 1917, Page 6
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121THE KAUANGAROA MURDER Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 60, 4 December 1917, Page 6
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