COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
SUSPECT IN MURDER CASE. (United Press Association— Copyright) SYDNEY, May 10. The long-delayed coroner's inquiry into the death of Paul Drasdorff, aged 47, a shopkeeper of Waverley, who was shot dead on September 1 byi an arnied thief, was held to-day, and resulted in Leslie Warburton being committed for trial on a charge of murdering Drasdorff. Detectives gave evidence that ivirs Drasdorff identified Warburton a line-up of nine men at the gaol. Warburton had taken detectives to a cemetery at Randwick, where he indicated where a pair of rubber gloves and an automatic pistol wore lying in the grass. Warburton denied that he was concerned in the shooting of Drasdorff.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 178, 11 May 1935, Page 5
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