ALLEGED MURDER.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1922, Page 5

ALLEGED MURDER.

ARMSTRONG FOR TRIAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Feb. 18, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 17. Armstrong has been committed for trial for the alleged murder of his wife and the alleged attempted murder of Martin. The evidence of the Government analyst showed that he found over two grains of white arsenic in each of the two chocolates in the box eent to Martin.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PICTURE IN NEWSPAPER. COURT PROCEEDINGS FOLLOW. London, Feb. 7. In the Armstrong murder case the Court granted a rule nisi calling upon the Daily Express to show cause why it should not be adjudged guilty of contempt of Court for publishing a photograph of the defendant, with a picture of his eyes as an inset. Counsel said that the picture conveyed a sense of guilt or madness. It was abominable to go into Court and sketch something which would create an impression that Armstrong was terrified or mad. The Judge: The eyes look to me like two marbles. Counsel: They look like the eyes of a wholly broken man or a lunatic. Herbert Armstrong, a magistrate’s clerk, was arrested and charged with having attempted to administer arsenic to Oswald Martin, a solicitor, and a neighbor. In the course of the trial the body of Armstrong’s wife was exhumed, and an examination showed traces of arsenic. Armstrong was then charged with the murder of his wife.