THE KUANGAROA MURDER.
QUESTION OF SANITY RAISED. Mr C. E. Mackey, counsel I'or the man Bonnier, who was convicted and condemned lo death for ilie murder of his wife at Kuangaroa, irv the Wanganui district, has sent g letter to the Justice Department, stating that since (lie trial lie has received information front a man of some .'landing in the Nelson district, a Justice of the Peace, that some time ago Bennier was insane. Ml.’ Mackey states that his difficulty in the defence of Bennier was that he had no good information as (o the ■ previous life history of (he accused, 1 The evidence l (hat has now come to hand was not available at the trial. An investigation will he made by the Justice Department into the statements made in Mr Mackey’s letter. J 1
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1761, 6 December 1917, Page 2
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136THE KUANGAROA MURDER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1761, 6 December 1917, Page 2
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