ALLEGED MATRICIDE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 201, 23 February 1914, Page 4

ALLEGED MATRICIDE.

YOUNG THOMPSON BEFORE THE COURT, TJIli INQUEST ADJOURNED. Bjr Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Yesterday. A few people congregated in the jlagi»irate'# Court tli.s morning to see the principal character in the sordid tragedy of yesterday night. Thompson .looked a mere boy as he stepped into the dock, and he heard the murder charge Jiitii, and was, apparently, unconcerned. Accused was charged that, on February 20, at Christchurch, he did murder Hannah Thompson. On the apolicatioft of Sub-Inspector McKinnon, he w«s remanded until Saturday next. The inquest touching the circumstances attending the death of Hannab Thompson was opened in the afternoon. Nellie Thompson, daughter of deceased, stated that her mother, who was j>o years of age, was married, but lit* husband (witness's father) was at Rotoroa. Alexander Thompson was witness's brother. He was a laborer, 23 years of age : With her mother lived Miss n right, Mr Baxter, a laborer, and witness » brother and sister, seven and nine years of age respectively, Baxter was living with deceased's mother as her husband, and had dono so for two years. They had always -ot on well together. There was a separation ord»r between her father and mother. Dr. Crooke stated that he had made a post-mortem examination of the bodv «f deceased, lie found the body weil nourished, and there were external marks 0 f violence. There was a bruis. ~n . t r « ht ? lle V k ""'I also on the right ened tW e , - aln s "'"«what softened there being som« serious effusion m the ventricle. lie found evidence of side U nf tl, T iCoße Vei " at the sulc. of the external genitnl organ. Thert ju s "° evidence of any fracture of tht was ? 8 0 tho °P inion that death to . * r t ' xc< ' isive hemorrhage, due to luptured varicose vein. - 4 this stage the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday afternoon