THE GRAHAMSTOWN MURDER.
Grahamstown, Friday night. John Bergin deposed tbat he bad seen the deceased and accused together on the night of the murder. He retired to rest early but was awakened about eleven o'clock by hearing a quarrel and a prolonged yell. He thought at first it was a woman's voice, but he recognised it as a Maori's. After a little he heard a European's voice. He did not recognise the words used. The distance from his hut to the place where the body was found was 517 yards. He knew the accused had been fighting with Catran during the evening. Doctor Huxtable deposed to making a. post mortem examination of the body of deceased. He found an incised wound reaching from ear to ear severing the blood vessel and the windpipe, and the cutting instrument bad Beveral times been drawn across the wound. Some of the fingers were also cut and he was severely bruised on tbe forehead. The gash on the throat was made after the man was rendered insensible. He had made an investigation of the blood stains and a portion of the coagulated blood on the knife, but could not say it was human blood.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 49, 26 February 1881, Page 2
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200THE GRAHAMSTOWN MURDER. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 49, 26 February 1881, Page 2
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