ARMSTRONG CASE.
LONDON, April 13. Interest in the Armstrong case was maintained to the end. Justice Darling, in summing up said the case was probably the most remarkable in living memory, He emphasised tne value of the circumstantial evidence, provided it was good. Regarding the suggestion that the woman suicided, lie asked the Jury to consider if she would have said just before she died—“l am not going to die am I,” if she bad taken arsenic herself. The Jury was away three quarters of an hour. When they returned Armstrong replied that he had nothing further to say. He stood rigidly to attention while the Judge ~aid he agreed with the verdict and passed the sen tenco. Armstrong went to the cell without aid, preserving the same coo collected demeanour, which he exhibited during the long cross examinatioi Notice of appeal fins opn giyon.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1922, Page 3
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145ARMSTRONG CASE. Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1922, Page 3
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