WAIPAWA MURDER CASE.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 821, 20 February 1903, Page 2

WAIPAWA MURDER CASE.

MOOR]-: FOUND GUILTY OF MANbLA U GHTJL U. SEVEN YEARS’ LIARD LABOR. £\ Telegraph tr. -.- Association. Napier, last night. At the Supreme Court to-day the case against i.’. F. Moure tor the murder of Lottie At.e.ui was concluded. Evidence Wits adduced that the young woman Muhin, h emit creation within a tiay or two of too deatii ol Miss Allcell, had stated that tut- Utter had been in communication with Moore prior to going to Waipawa. liis Donor, in summing up. said it was common ground, both to the prosecution and defence, that tne girl did not (lie from the use of instruments by herself. Whatever was the cause of death, it occurred at Waipawa. It could not be suggested that the girl had died from anything else but wbat had taken place at Waipawa. From that point of view the case was relieved entirely of difficulty. The evidence of Dr Fyffe showed most clearly that the cause of death was either air embolism, as alleged by the Crown, or convulsions, which occurred at Moore’s shop at Waipawa. The jury retired at 8.20 pun., and at 5.15 p.m. asked for instruction from His Honor. They asked if Lottie Ancell did anything to herseif that would not have killed her, and if the prisoner did something further which, coupled with what she herself had done, did kill her, should they bring in the sumo verdict as if she had done nothing to herself? His Honor said the jury’s verdict in that case must bo the same.

The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, with a recommendation to mercy, tho jury being of opiuion that tho deceased might have tampered with herself prior to leaving Napier. A sentenco of sevc-n years’ hard labor was passed.

The Grown Prosecutor said the Crown had not yot decided as to what would he done with regard to tho other charges against Moore, hut probably they would not he proceeded with further, lie askeii that the charges again .t the accused Mary Ann Mills bo allowed to stand over until next session. This was agreed to, sub stautial sureties being demanded.