ACQUITTED OF MURDER
VERDICT APPLAUDED IN COURT,
(United Press Association— Copyright) BRISBANE, October 3. Reginald Scott aged 23, was .found not guilty of having murclei eci 1 stepfather, Ora Mills'A large crowd; in court cheered and clapped when the verdict was announced.
A cablegram published on August 3 stated: Startling discoveries were made by the police who are searching for a timber-getter named O'ra Mills, who has been missing from his camp in the mountains near Beonah for a month. ' , At the butt of a fallen tree, which was partly burnt, the police found small pieces of hone and some false teeth. Large burnt human hones were found in a creek.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 303, 5 October 1935, Page 8
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