REMAND GRANTED
WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF SISTER (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 12. The case of Winifred Margaret Swan (59) a domestic, who is charged with the murder of her sister, Edith Phyllis Swan, at Eastbourne on November Jo, was called in the Magistrate’s Court *to-day. Sub-Inspector J. Abel asked for a remand for one week, saying that accused was at present in a mental hospital. Counsel for the accused, Sir William Perry, said he would prefer a fortnight or a month. No objection was raised by the police, and the Magistrate, Mr J. S. Hanna, remanded the case until November 26,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 28, 13 November 1947, Page 3
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101REMAND GRANTED Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 28, 13 November 1947, Page 3
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