MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.
THE EDINBURGH GARDENS CASE.
FYNCH ACQUIITED
(Received Last Night, 9.15 o'clock)
MELBOURNE, March 24
Percy Fynch has been acquitted of the charge of murdering Archibald Steane.
At the inquest touching the death of deceased, i: Fynch made a statement to the effect that he, with two girls, was crossing the Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy, when deceased asked for a cigarette, and then attempted to assault one of the girls. A fight followed. Deceased produced a toy revolver, and he (Fynch) ■ snatched it away, and- hit the deceased on.the head. -.Deceased: felly and witness ran away*/ Deceased,was under.- the, .influence of.
that deceased was perfectly sober on the night of the tragedy , also that he was of a quiet temperament, and had never smoked. A medical witness; was of opinion that death was the result 0f...a-kick on the head while deceased was prostrate. • ..
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10196, 25 March 1911, Page 5
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144MELBOURNE TRAGEDY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10196, 25 March 1911, Page 5
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