THE AUGUSTUS MURDEE.
DUNBDIN;. Ta^st, Night. AugustuSjibeOamaru wife-W ller ' wa3 acquitted, of the ;charg;9 of.;map-.. slaughter without any evidence being, taken or erev offeredv Ai C)a,ijaf ni, 1 Mr Joseph CMeagher^heLpris^ner'a counsel, stated that when deceased!s. depositions were taken she was m. an unfit stata to undergo oross-exammr ation, and consequently her cross examination waa adjourned, but before it could be continued the wo- ; man died. This was admitted by the magistrate, and the Judge held! that under the cirqutneitandes there; was nbcase, and the Jury returned iv«rdiet of '♦Not guilty,"'- : a's ' directed. The prisoner, was then arraigned for assault with intent to commit bodilj haiimr: He pleaded f ( ;^uiltyj" jto^a co mman assault, which plea w;as, accepted ■% Ihe <?^ovirn-'Pr6se^^or; 'In; sentrncirig him^e, '. ;J.udge ,said; the prisoner "had* been, guilty of r.greatbrutality tp ay.woman who, had gone to her'lagt' account. 1 He. was^ a inan_ void o£ aft cbhmon humanij;y| and decency, and if the Jawjiad per^tted hravhe' (the 1 iTud^e) would' give him. a sentence five times as muchasithaf he. would no^w pass, ; Rye.* cOjppon 'assault the ' maximum penalty- jwm one year's imprisonment, wrth harct labor, to which he sentencej^prißfofeft:
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 163, 5 October 1881, Page 2
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191THE AUGUSTUS MURDEE. Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 163, 5 October 1881, Page 2
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