BURWOOD MURDER DRAMA

NZ Truth, Issue 1146, 17 November 1927, Page 5

BURWOOD MURDER DRAMA

Trial of Taxi-driver May Last A Week

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Chnstchurch Representative.). ; THE concluding act m the Bur- which waned considerably after wood murder dram! will soon the lower court proceedings, is be staged When a jury will decide once more worlung up to.a the guilt or innocence of -*t~*-.^ high pitch, aiid it is ex- ! Charles William Boakes, X pected that there will b$ the taxi-driver who is to ' \ a packed gallery of answer a charge of fna^^U M^ spectators when the trial having murdered Gwen opens. Scarff, a domes- n c lower tic servant, at j^^^^^^^S^ - s court the Crown Burwood, Christ- x " *&& \ called no, fewer church, on June j^^^^^^^B^ 81k X than 6,0 witness--15 last, and also Jh||Bß& **WLa cs ' but whethe J a charge of mtK^KMK^Ljm^i every one of having supplied these will be P ut Gwen Scarff J. th e witnesswith a noxious W^ ' box n ® xt we^ k is thing knowing .«& nofc known » ! nor the same was to is theTe any be used for an inkling as, to unlawful pur- ' whether' any pose. fresh .evidence v The criminal P^^Si^^ffi,^ will be elicited, sessions opened ra^^^^^^^^^^ Certain it is before Judge II H H that with the Adams on Tues- lengthy crossday with a fairly examination by heavy calender . ■■■■■■£; defendin & co ™- of cases. The sel the P roceed " trial of Boakes ings will be prowill, it is understood, be the ■&ra£mi W tracted and there is every last case heard, and m view flllllllll cnance °f * n€ t l^^ running of the volume of business to I the end of the week, go before juries it is pro ljle- c case r e Grown matical whether the mur- will be handled by. Crown der - trial will comhience Prosecutor A. T. Dpnnelly, this week. J^^P^t while: Lawyer C. S. Thomas All i)he indications are .Jillpill as l ea ding counsel and that Boakes will not enter IllliiP* Lawyer M. J. Burns as the dock until Monday of BOAKES junior will have charge of next week at the earliest, ' the defence, and the trial itself will occupy at 1 An exclusive story of the trial least four days. will appear m "New Zealand Public interest m the case > Truth." ' ' . ;