MURDER CHARGE
ARMSTRONG COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FURTHER EVIDENCE HEARD TODAY. CROWN CASE COMPLETED. (By Telegraph —Press Association). .WELLINGTON, This Day. The hearing of the charge of murder against' Douglas Alexander Armstrong was continued today. There was again a large attendance of the public. Dr Phillip Patrick Lynch, of Wellington, pathologist, said that on May 10, at the Picton morgue, he examined part of a body. On the following day he visited the home of the deceased, Edwin Norman Armstrong, and removed certain objects for examination and on subsequent days he examined other exhibits, including the head and legs of deceased at the Wellington Morgue. Detective Martin Grace of Auckland, gave evidence of arresting accused oil the arrival of the Limited express from Wellington. Detective William Turgis, of Auckland, gave corroborative evidence. This, completed the evidence for the Crown. The Magistrate asked whether accused wished to say anything, to which Mr H. F. O’leary replied: “No sir, not at this stage.” Accused was committed for trial.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1938, Page 8
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165MURDER CHARGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1938, Page 8
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