CROWN ASKS FOR LENIENCE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 5

CROWN ASKS FOR LENIENCE

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Attempted Murder Charge at Hamilton CHILDREN INJURED

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HiMiLTdN) This I^y. Th'e base iB pfbeeeding in the Supreine fcJofirt bf Pbtrina Louise Kdi, of Cainbridgfe, ch'afged bfefofe Mr Jfifetice Fair with attemjptifig on December 24 to iiiurder her two half-easte Chiheee children, Keith Leofig Petersen iifid Naficy Lbb Petersen and furfher, with atteinpting to commit .suicide. . Thb Crown advised the jfiry that it might be wise to Consider the case lefiiently. In opening the. Crown case, Mr Fitzgerald said for the past six years the accused had.beexx living.in Cambridge with , Fongj Bink Kui and, the two had pos.ed as man ancl wife. They havd. two children and, since the lower Court trial, tfxe two had beefi marri'ed. Dr. Henry Charles Tbd, of Caifibridge, said that on DeCqmber 24 he went to the kitchen of Fong Lee's laundry in Empire street, Cambridge) an'd found the a'ccuscd and her two children with the front portion of thbir clothes saturated with blood. The boy was eufl'efing from a Bingle transverse cfit along the froilt bf the neck. Although tho windpipb and important vesSels were not severed the child was weak from loss bf blood. The little girl was suffering from a similar wound, but it was not so serious. Witness found the accused also suffering from a similar superficial wound, which was not serious. She was excited and talked considerably. Witness did not think the accllsed was intoxicated. Sho admitted to witness inflicting the wounfls with a razor and said shb wished that ehe had fiaade a better eft'ort, but the f'azor was too blunt.