TRUNK MURDER TRIAL
STORV OE THE CRIME. (Australian A: N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) LONDON. July 12. Robertson’s light for life in the witness box to-day was the sensation of the trunk murder ease. Experts including Spilshury gave evidence that death was due to suffocation, following violence. There was no evidence of gas poisoning. Robertson in his evidence, said lie met tire woman for the first time u hen she was brought to hi.s olfice iii a taxicab. He was sitting in a swivel chair writing letters, when Bonati demanded money. When this was refused, she got angry and abusive. He thought she picked something up from the fireplace and that she. was going to attack him. He hit her and she staggered and fell. Robertson then left the ollice. When he returned next morning she was still lying on the floor, so he decided to cut lip the hndv. Robertson did not falter during the narrative but said his nerve failed. He hastily put the limbs in paper, but did not complete the dissection, and did not report to the police, because he was 'afraid he would incriminate himself.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1927, Page 3
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194TRUNK MURDER TRIAL Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1927, Page 3
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