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JOSTUALIAN AND N.Z. CAHLE ASSOCIATION. WOMAN’S THROAT CUT. MELBOURNE, Feb. 14. The trial of .Johnson on the charge of murdering Mrs Price oil December •‘lni, was opened to-day. The evidence ‘.Lowed .Johnson was a returned soldier, and the couple were living toft'Mher as man and wife. They qua railed. .Johnson, who had been drinking, cm Mrs Price’s throat. Mrs Price's nine year old daughter was present. John-on struck her in the face with a kmle to -ton Inn Irom screaming. Alter the crime, Johnson said In; "loved the woman siillii ieiitly to go to the gallows tor Iter! The defence m tight to establish that Johnson was a < oiiiiriued eocaineist. ami that under the inllnence of the drug, la- a;is violent and knew not what he was doing. A doetor supported the fios.sibilit v of this theory. lie -aid that possibly the delusion in this ease was one of morbid jealousy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1924, Page 3
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153AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1924, Page 3
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