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ELDERLY WOMAN CHARGED IN GORE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL (By Telegraph —Press Association.) GORE, September 30. Marcelline Isabeth, an elderly widow, ladies’ outfitter, was charged in the Magistrates’ Court, Gore, today before Mr Abernethy, S.M., with arson, The police slated that a fire had been discovered in accused’s shop in Gore on July 31. The police found 11 causes of fire. The front and rear doors of the premises were locked and there were no marks on them. Firemen who burst open the doors were greeted with a smell of kerosene and found material soaked in kerosene blazing in several places. One rack of frocks was destroyed. Valuers gave evidence that the warehouse value of the goods after the fire was £lBl and the salvage value £lOB. An insurance clerk stated that the stock and fittings were insured for £790. Accused reserved her defence and was committed for trial to the Supreme Court in Invercargill on November 1. Bail of £l5O was allowed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 October 1938, Page 4
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164ALLEGED ARSON Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 October 1938, Page 4
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