THE LE BARTE CASE. .
(Per Press Association. Copyright.) SYDNEY, April 11. Major le Barte was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of his wife, and rejnanded to come up for sentence when called upon for the alleged murder of Constable Mitchell. [Major la Barte shot his wife at Mossvale last December. He then telephoned the police and informed them oi' the tragedy. \Vhen they arrived he shot Gonstable Mitchell dead. Other policemen surrounded the house, but were kept off for some timo by la Barte's firing. Eventually a constable managed to effect an entrance while la Barte was watching the other police, and escaping two shots at him as he closed, he managed to overpowei la/Barte after a., desperate struggle. In "a statement from the dock la Barte -declared he had no recollection of shooting either his wife or Constable Mitchell. The evidence showed that the accused, who had been strange m his manner since his return from the war, had boen\drinking heavily, and was drunk at the time of the tragedy. He was found guilty of manslaughter ■of his wife.3 > ■■■ "
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9488, 12 April 1921, Page 5
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