SEQUEL TO A FIRE.
WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON. (Per Press Association.) GORE, September 30. Murceline Isabeth, an elderly widow, a women’s outfitter, was charged with arson in the Gore Magistrate’s Court to-day, before Mr R. C. Abernethy, S.M. The police gave evidence that a fire bad been discovered in the accused’s shop in Gore on July 31. The police found H causes of fire. The front and rear doors of the premises were locked and there were no marks on them, it was stated. Firemen burst in the doors and were greeted by a smell of kerosene. They found kero-sene-soaked material blazing in several places. One rack of frocks was destroyed.
Valuers gave evidence that the warehouse value of the goods after the fire was £lßl, and the salvage value £108: An insurance clerk stated that the stock and fittings were insured for £790. The accused reserved her defence, and was committed for trial to the Supreme Court at Invercargill on November 1. Bail was fixed at £l5O.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 301, 1 October 1938, Page 10
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