MURDER TRIAL
OPENED IX MELBOURNE. REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT. (Received this Morning 1 o'clock.) MLBOURNE, February 13. The trial of Harold Thompson, for the murder of Trotter, has commenced. The Crown Prosecutor, in opening the case, stated that a most remarkable development had occurred. Thompson's index finger, within the very recent past, had been interferlred with, and by some process the ridges on the fingers had altered. This he regarded as an indication that the accused desired to evade the ■weight of evidence, created by the similarity of the finger print found in Trotter's house, and the impression of Thompson's finger, taken by the police. The evidence given was similar to that at the inquest. \ (Trotter was inurdered while in lied, some weeks ago. He was a debt collector, and on the night of his murder was in possession of a ■considerable sum. of money.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 February 1913, Page 5
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143MURDER TRIAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 February 1913, Page 5
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