WHALLEY ON TRIAL
MURDER CHARGE CONTINUATION OF EVIDENCE. (ter Press Association —• Copyright.) ' V iTBIARU, July 26.. ■ At the murder trial the evidence for (the. Crown’ was not completed when : tlie court adjourned at 5.45 p.m. Alf Brustad, a- ski. expert, and a rforihea*.. Guide at - the Hermitage, said that he had hover known Wogan to do any shooting.... Witness owned the rifle ip quest lorn. The accused, Whalley, borrowed it the ; day before Wogan’s death. Witness visited .the deceased’s room on 'November sth., and in his opinion Wogqn was then dead. He saw a cartridge shell on,; the floor near the end inf. tlie bed. Witness saw the accused that night in witness’ house. Witness ask id the accused to tell him . the truth about what. had happened. The accus d replied: “You have'no need to. worry 1 They will take me.” The accused explained to witness that Wogan had , ; be in sitting oil the bed. As accused was leaving the room, lie heard a. dmt, looked.,.round, and saw that Wogan was shflt, -. 7' ; . 1 ’
Replying to witness explained that the accused had told'him that, before'hb loft the room, He lin'd been showing Wogan How to load and unload the rifle. ' ■Y. .- . i ,;7
Estella Boucher gave levidenoe on similar lines to what she gave in the lower Court regarding the deceased ahd acciis'd’s racing activities. Witne is . stated that the accused, at first; told her that the deceased was standihg' by the door when the shot was fired, and labor on said the deceased was sitting on a settee, >
Jessie Duncan stated that the accused told her that the deceased was sitting on a chair, and that the r’fle was on the Sdttee as he .(accused) left the room.
. Several other witnesses gave similar evidence to that given in the lower coriirt., 1 .. i . ■ The longest evidence was given by Lera’ie Fraser Tiedall, , gunsmith. In the course of cross-examination, he said jt would he possible to shcot oneself from .a - ' distance 7; with a . riflte, providing that tbe.triggjir was fired' by a flail! in. the " wall,! or somewhefe; The shell (produced) bad heefl trodden on. It apparently had beten squeezed towards an oval' shape. “Is that the mark/of tfe nail of a boot on the' (hell ?” counsel asked./
Witness: “I so.” YY7*C The cag& is expected to conclude tomorrow. " ■ ”7
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1932, Page 5
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391WHALLEY ON TRIAL Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1932, Page 5
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