MURDER CHARGE.
DALMATIAN BEFORE THE COURT.
Wjhangarei, September 19.
.Paul Lendich, a Dalmatian, aged 45 years, was charged in the Kaitaia Magistrate’s Court on Saturday before Mr. L. Mclntosh, J.P., with the wilful murder of dn infant child of which it is alleged he is the father, the mother being a Maori named Rosie Te Whaui, a nineteen-year-old Maori girl, who was living with accused. The girl gave birth to a male child on August 23. Lendich is alleged to have left the place with the infant, and nothing more has been seen of it.
A remand till Saturday next was granted, accused being retained in custody. In the meantime the police are searching the swamp nearby in an endeavour to recover the body of the infant.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3693, 20 September 1927, Page 2
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127MURDER CHARGE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3693, 20 September 1927, Page 2
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