POISONED BY ARSENIC.
THE FLYPAPER CASE.
(Received 11.50 a.m.)
LONDON, March 8. In opening the defence of Mr. and Mr* Seddon, charged with the murder of ■ boarder, Miss Barrow, by arsenical poisoning, Mr. Marshall Hall stated that the prosecution had failed to prove the Seddons' possessions or administration of arsenic. Seddons' daughter would, give evidence that Miss Barrow sent her flypapers for domestic purposes. Miss Barrow was weak-minded, and possibly drank the water of immersed flypapers. The Seddons' evidence is not yet completed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 60, 9 March 1912, Page 5
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