MURDER CHARGE FAILS
JURY SUBMITS VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER GAOL FOR THE ACCUSED BRISBANE, Friday. Edward McNamee, who was charged with the murder of Jack Green, whose body was found in the debris of a fire on April 29, was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment for three and a-half years. A tragic affair occurred at Surat, 350 miles west of Brisbane. Some human remains, believed to be those of Jack Green, aged 60, who had been missing for some weeks, were discovered by the police in the debris of a fire. Two young men who were seen driving a vehicle owned by Green were detained. There were signs that the fire was a very fierce one.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 708, 6 July 1929, Page 11
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