CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER
THE (KXTllia; (ASK. By Telegraph —Press Association. Wciliimion. Yesterday. At lite Magistrate's fmirt to-day'Kd-ward h'ranci- Mollit was char"ed witli having unlawfully killed ('.enr-je <!u:ithrr mi October :!l. The evidence w.i - l.i (lie cited Unit- deceased, who had been drinking wa.- admitted to I lie hospital with an S>:.-iiich tract nt'e of the skull, and died- next day. Dr. I'vll'e slated Ihere were no external ,,f violence. Other witnesses viid lhat de-eased. who wa-- under the inlliience of drink, aecosle.l Mollit. who told him to pi away, and then -lv;ick him. deceased in falling sliikiue; a window-sill.
At the ini|llest the Coroner's verdict was (hat, death was from fracture of tin' skull, luit he was unalile (o say whether it was due lo a fall or not. So far as Mollit was concerned (he ease was one of purr misadventure. After hearing a repelilion of the evidence, accused, who pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence, was committed for trial.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 118, 9 November 1911, Page 5
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162CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 118, 9 November 1911, Page 5
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