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Temuka Leader, Issue 2396, 8 September 1892, Page 2

A child, supposed to be overlain, was found dead in its parents bed at Burnside, Duuedin, on Tuesday morning. A man najnecj Peter Williams, who was skylarking with Head when the latter was thrown against the rail of the Orua bridge, Pamerston North, has. been arrested and will be charged with manslaughter. Deceased fel). on grass, a distance of about 5 feet, and from thence into the river, a further distance of 12 feet. The police are of opinion that he broke his neck in the first fall, TJjp ►SjupromtJ Court qt Hqkltjka was occupied all Monday with the Ooiilon poisoning case. Most of the evidence up 5,30 p.m. was similar to that given at the Magisterial enquiry, but special pains taken to bring the point out as shewing the likelihood Q» of poison being purchased to kill ruts, also that Ooi»l,o7i' had arranged to move to another house SQine distance away. Tho theory of tho prdMOcittion, ivs shadowed by tho Crown prosecutor's address 3, is that the accused was very fond of a man named Stringer, who had paid for her board and promised i to marry her. Finding herself eucientr, and being unable to get rid of it, she jnatriiid Osnjfjn to save her reputation, and then administered poison fa got rid of Idm. On Tuesday the mptjvp of the crime, in tho theory of the prosecution, broke down. Stringer, the chief witness depended en in this connection, deposed that there were no jinprcipor between prisoner and Jiimself. They had been engaged to be married, but tlieait'air had bopn broken off owing to letters miscarrying. The Judge summed up very strongly in favour of the prisoner, especially pointing out the absence of any apparent motive. The jury retired at 4.40 p.m. and returned fifty minutes! iter with a verdict of "Not Guilty,"