SUPREME COURT, AUCKLAND.
Auckland, yesterday. Messrs Hamilton and Priestley were put forAvard charged Avith the murder of Hugh Hamilton. 'The Court was crammed to suffocation. Messrs Hesketh and Williamson, the CroAvn Prosecutors, are conducting the case, while Mr Earl appears for Priestley, and Mr Cooper for Mrs Hamilton. The prisoners pleaded not guilty, and challenged a great many juryman. The medical eA-idcnco lasted all day, the only neAv testimony being that of Dr. Philson, the coroner at the inquest. He stated that from his medical experience it was possible for Hamilton to have got his skull fractured by falling against the bedstead. Dr. Goldsbro' in *his cA-dience said he failed to see on Avhat Dr. Philson based his opinion, as he (Dr. Philson) had never seen the skull. Detective Strathem was examined. In the course of his eA-idence he sought to produce letters from Robert Neilson, Mrs Hamilton's brother, to Priestley, but the Judge ruled them hiadmissable, as they were not produced at the Police Court, and no notice of the intention to produce them Avas preA-iously giA-en.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3598, 23 January 1883, Page 3
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178SUPREME COURT, AUCKLAND. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3598, 23 January 1883, Page 3
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