MURDER OF A OFFICER
SYDNEY, Jury 29. The trial was begun to-day of Thomas Edwin Brown, an orchard-keeper, on a charge of murdering Police-Sergeant Hickey, on May 1. at St. I res. Hickey had gone to Browns house to serv« two •warrants, and in a dispute it k a/ileged that Brown fired four &hoU at Hickcv three lodging in the abdomen, with fata! effects. Brown, who ha.? figured in mamlawsuits lately, to-day, backed by nianv law book? and devumenfs. ar<n;ed the whole affair was the outcome of malice because, during lawsuits regarding his property, extending over several veare he had takon proceeding,, n-ainst p«. p lc n high po.-,it.}on=. He also contended tbra the shooting was accidental. I<ho • lud g c was frequently to interrupt the course of Brown's argument
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 180, 30 July 1913, Page 5
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MURDER OF A OFFICER
Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 180, 30 July 1913, Page 5
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