Accidents and Offences.
(UNITED PBEBS ASSOCIATION) WeliLingtoNi Saturday, At Paikakariki yesterday, Frank Poff, who liad previously been convicted of sly grog selling, was fined J-50, or three months' imprisonment. He was also charged with assaulting Mrs Burke, who Was a witness against him And he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. Mrs Burke, who is said to have been connected with the' Nentborn tragedy -m Otago, purchased the grog from Poff. • A man named -Thoraas Smith, for playing ! c :«n,der and, oyer "on the Tenui <racecourse, was finnd 50s nnd costs. ; ; Dunedin, Suhclav. 1.....":■ ■ ■ .....":■ ,f !• TKe^boHy .of 'a r iaboufer,';.bamed McQueenV was foutid^hanging ifrom a rafter m a new building m the bourse of erection, and when cut:; dpw^ aife was found i^o beextinct. McQueen [had .b/een a patient' m the hoßpital, and is supposed to have no* relations m the 'colony. It is ■ : almost certain that ' he ■committed suicide by throwing himself ;off the s raf ter after fastening the rope round hia neck. ■.. ■ : ■•■'-.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1670, 29 March 1886, Page 4
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