ALLANTON TRAGEDY.
SWEENEY COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
(By Telegraph - Press Association.) Dunedin, last night,
At the Police Court to-day Hugh Sweeney was charged with the murder at Alianton on March 24 of Annie Sinnott. It will be remembered that the remains of the woman were found among the debris of her burned cottage, a constable on examination finding the prong of a carving fork sticking in the heart. Seme additional witnesses were called, but the evidence differed in no material respect from that given at the inquest. Accused' was committed for trial, the Magistrate declining the responsibility of granting bail applied for.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 388, 12 April 1902, Page 2
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