WESTPORT MURDER CHARGE.
cxJMMi'rTJro'TOR-iribLiii.; = ,; MAGISTRATE'S OPINION *OP : THE "\ .■"■'.' :.-i:-.G4fiE. . ' j (By. Telegraph.—Ptess Association.) " ' thfe'day. ' Mr. Rawson, S'M., morning reluctantly committed 1 Hallinen and Andersen for trial at Nelson for the murder of Ernest Bourke. "Reluctantly," he eaid, "because I .believe another person was alone:: , the murderer of Bourke." But he was not actr , ing judicially; if he were trying the casehe .would dismiss the information' against accused. It'was for the lice to**-deal' further with the matter.;•■., i, .Mr Wilson, for the police, strenuously opposed bail; _ Mr. McDonald, for accused, said it wae like'a comic opera that the man declared by the magistrate to be the sole murderer,* should be free and two innocent men detained in custody, and. refused bail. The- magistrate granted bail in two sureties of £1000 each. * Mr McDonald stated that he had further evidence that will prove Hallmen and Andersen innocent. The/police .*• said the evidence had not yet been fully communicated to them. '
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 129, 30 May 1908, Page 7
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157WESTPORT MURDER CHARGE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 129, 30 May 1908, Page 7
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