MOSSVALE TRAGEDY
HEARING OF SECOND CHARGE POSTPONED. Sydney, April 6. Medical evidence was submitted in support of the plea that Major Labarte, found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife, was temporarily insane, and unable to recollect what had occurred at the time of tho tragedy, as tho result of his experiences in the war, where he was injured, and of his excessive drinking. The Chief Justice, in summing up, said thac any sentiment as regarded accused’s war services must be set aside. Drunkenness did not absolve a man from criminality, though intent was not to be attributed eo readily to a man under the influence of liquor. Labarte pleaded not guilty to the second charge of murdering Constable Mitchell. The hearing of this charge has been indefinitely postponed.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 164, 7 April 1921, Page 5
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130MOSSVALE TRAGEDY Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 164, 7 April 1921, Page 5
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