SENSATION IN COURT.
A SOLICITOR ON TRIAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 11. There was a sensation at the hearing of the charge against Armstrong of attempting to poison Martin. The prosecution announced that when Armstrong was arrested a- packet containing a white powder was found in his pocket. This had been analysed, and it contained white arsenic.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
Armstrong is a -solicitor and clerk of the Court at Hay, Brecknockshire, Accused is charged with attempting to murder another solicitor named Martin with arsenic. At the time of Armstrong’s arrest it was stated that the body of his wife was to be exhumed. She died about seven months ago.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1922, Page 5
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