LANCASTER TRIAL
COUNSEL FOR DEFENCE. A STRONG APPEAL. (United Press Association—By Electric .Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received this dav at. 12.25. p.m. • : MIAMI) August 16. -Carson closed his argument with the assertion that Clarke was an “honour suicide.” There was nothing else for him to do. ‘ ' . ‘My client did. not shoot him. Clarke was broke. He was a drinker who had had to leave liquor alone. He was a ■narcotic addict, he had trouble with women, he had a. recurring illness to tear ■ down 'his stamina. 'Was that not enough to make any • man commit suicide,” Carson asked. r xi
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1932, Page 6
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