CHARGE OF MURDER.
BODY IN A 'SANDPIT. LABOURER SENT FOR TRIAL. PLEA 0F SELF—DEFENCE, L'nited Press Assn—lilac. 'l'r-Ii Copyright. SYDNEY, May 13. _\ mmnvi' ul Kinnla (.\‘L-w Suulh \\'ulus. lwiluy hold an inquiry mm the dculh of Charles. Hun'sun, rUl'lllL‘l'l)’ u lCulli Lll‘iYL‘l', used J 7, \\’llus'u hmly \\.is discovered in u :undpii ncur LiIGC illuv warm. llc L‘umlniilvd Francis Henry .\iaudlin, used 27, lubuui't'i‘. l‘ui' ii‘iul 1111 :1 charge of murder. llclcclive—Sci'gi-unl .\luliac gave C\i—dcncc lhni \\‘IH‘II .\lzilnllin \\’.‘ls zirl'cslcd hu nnnlc n sluli‘lni'nt uiii'ging [hut he haul shut Dawson in svliliiulcntc with ;a revolver. us Dawson \\"ds about. to ishooi hinl \\'ilh his own pua—i'ille. ‘ \\'ilncss added ilial .\lnudiin ailer—‘wards altered his statement, saying he ‘shoi Dawson \\'ilh the lulu-1% peai'ilie when he himself was threatened with a knife \\'hich Dawson possessed. A local siorekvcpcr gave evidence of having sold 21 box 01' pun—ville bullets to .\luudhn on April 30. The body of it man identified as {Charles UiIWSLIII \\‘ns lnuml on Mn): 0 hidden in u disused shuihm- \wli Muse ‘lyo Luke. llin\\au'r:l. [Lumun had been shot in one lumpiu :Lnii n Inn: lliiil lmvn pliiccd u\'ui‘ his Imul and Justcnod ‘iii'illlllil his ncrl; will: u mlw. 1m» I‘|‘lls('(‘h-H1 livcii .ilmh- in {i nllv~l‘uuinud bninhng and i'm'i'ixml u pension, but ihe hull pns‘i‘il {[3 n iniin n 1 llil‘iulh. H \\.lH ihuuy’hi Hlill l‘uilin‘l'y \\ns lhu xnulivu i'ui' ihc \‘l'iiiiL‘.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19885, 14 May 1936, Page 7
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232CHARGE OF MURDER. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19885, 14 May 1936, Page 7
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