BUNGALOW CRIME
TRIAL COMMENCES. COURT QUEUES. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, July 15. There were unpiecedented scenes at the commencement of the trial of John Mahon, charged with the murder of Miss Ka,y in connection with what is known as “the bungalow tragedy.” Miss Kay’s body was dismemobred, the police making many gruesome finds as the result of the discovery at a railway station of a portmanteau containing a woman’s blood-stained garments. People flocked to Lewes from all parts of England, and great queues assembled in court- in the early morning for admission tickets. To secure these many offered £lO. Sir E. CurtisBennett prosecuted, and Mr. J. D. Cassells, Iv.C., defended Mahon. The evidence was mainly a recapitulation of that given in the coroner's court.
Mahon was calm and debonair, but showed traces of a sleepless night. During the formal reading of letters by the clerk of the court he fell asleep, but later followed the evidence closely.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 July 1924, Page 5
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157BUNGALOW CRIME Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 July 1924, Page 5
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