POISON CASES
CROYDON MYSTERY
VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER
(United Press Association-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian PreaH Association— United Service)
(Received 71 h August, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, sth August
The final inquest on the three Croydon poisoning victims resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against a person or persons unknown. In the case of Edmund Duff the coroner again lengthily summed up, pointing out that there was not a scrap of evTdence to single 'out any member of the family as a poisoner. After twenty-seven sittings the Duff inquests closed with a dramatic but inconclusive verdict. „-.,,« i It is understood that Scotland lard is determined not to stop the investigation. Sooner or later the police are convinced that sensational developments arc bound to occur. ■
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 7 August 1929, Page 5
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123POISON CASES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 7 August 1929, Page 5
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