PICTON MURDER
THE SIXTH DAY
(Per Press Association— Copyright.)
BLENHEIM, November 28
The Flood murder trial entered on the sixth day with the examination of Detective Jtarrold who said he asked the accused -where lie got the n-cAes-. Accused replied that he had been saving them for years. He had received the notes when he cashed cheques received from firms for wood suppliedThe money was hidden in a chocolate ■box under the kitchen floor of his house. That accounted for the stains and dampness. After further examination by Inspector Ward, accused said he found the money in a wallet under a [hedge between the croquet lawn -and Miss Williams’ house. This was shortly after Christmas. The -wallet contained about 310 pounds. He thought after he had. spent some of it, that it might be Flood’s money, and got frightened, and so mlade false statementsto the police. When the accused was to]d he would be charged ' with the murder of Flood, he said “I didn't do it.” . -
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1932, Page 6
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