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(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) MURDER OF GRAZIER. 810 SYDNEY TRIAL. SYDNEY, Dec. 5. The trial of the Higgs brothers for the murder of Leslie has opened. Great public interest is being taken in the case, crowds gathering in the vicinity of the Court. Both Che Crown and the accused exhaustively exercised the right of challenge, so the choice of the jury will he a lengthy process. The case is likely to last several days. [Ronald Lachlan Leslie, a grazier and man of means, was found dead in his motor-ear which was standing in n lonely by-road near Sydney. There were three bullet wounds in the chest. Subsequently, three brothers. Hubert. Bruce, and William Higgs, were arrested and charged with murder.j A SYDNEY FIRE. SYDNEY, Dec. G. A fire at Arthur C’oeks and Coy., jewellery importers. Barrack Street, caused damage estimated at £25,000.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1927, Page 1
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144AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1927, Page 1
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