ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.
.(Per Press Association.) Wellington, yesterday. Counsel for tho defoneo has been addressing tho jury all morning in tho caso of Mrs Drake, charged with manslaughter. The ease is uot likely to be finishod until evening.
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
SENTENCE DEFERRED,
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night. Tho hearing of tho charge of manslaughter of her daughter, Dorothy Drake, aged 8 years, preferred against Harriet Drake, was concluded at tho Supremo Court this evening, when tho jury returned a verdict of guilty. His Honor Mr Justice Edwards in-
timated that on Thursday ho would hear argument of counsel on a point raised during tho hearing with regard to tho admissibility of certain ovideneo concerning the treatment of decoasod by prisoner prior to the 20th June. Sontonce was deferred.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 505, 19 August 1902, Page 2
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