Dunedin Murder Case
(PBE UXITKD PRKBB ASBOCSCATIoIT.) DtfNßDik, This Day. The charge of murder against William Pearce, for having stabbed Matilda Hancock, tas occupied the Supreme C!ouitallj«sterday, The evidence waa nueh the same as was given at the inquest His Honor summed up strongly agaisat the prisoner. He added that a recommendation to mercy would no doubt hare due weight At 7 o'clock the jury returned to ask whether a verdict of manslaughter, would be accepted • His Honor directed them that the premeditation would aot aloue reduce the crime to maaslaugkter. The jury were locked up all night The foreman said that there seemed not the slightest possibility x -of the jury agreeing.
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 6, 15 January 1884, Page 3
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113Dunedin Murder Case Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 6, 15 January 1884, Page 3
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