FATAL ASSAULT
DUNEDIN MAN EOU NT), GUILTi r . VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. (Per Press Association— l~6pvri§ht J DtJNEDIN July 24. The Supremo Court sessions opened this morning before Mr Justice Kennedy. Arthur John Thomas Wilkinson Was found gpilty On a charge of committing manslaughter, by killing Peter Smith., The charge., was the outcome of an incident outside the Crown Hotel on the King’s Birthday, when accused, who is a labourer,, struck Smith, who fell back and struck his head on the road. His. skull was fractured, the injured man dying in a, few minutes. " V ;
The jury giving its verdict, made a strong recommendation to mercy on account of the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the occurrence, land the fact that Wilkinson gave himself up to the police ! voluntarily. Hei was remanded for sentence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1933, Page 5
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