GIRL WITH IRON NERVE.
Hedwlg MuKer, the girl charged fl! Ber- ! [In wit',, snooting twr lover, a you'll of ! twenty, named Ite'miran, was on Tuesday. October "til, convicted of mnnslifuihter. and sentenced to thirty months' Imprisonment. I loss six months, I he period already spent In I custody before the trial. I 'Die Public" l'rosicutor proposed a verdict lof manslaughter, and asked f>r a sentence lof eisrh:ep n inonMis 1 Imprisonment, as he I »:s convinced ill*'.. altlinuch the clr' fired I the fatal Mint, slie li.ii] no clear ir.ten:ion to ' murder In her mind a* the i:i..:ne:it. ! The Ujrhtiiess of tile punishment, in view !of the gravity of the iTiarge :ir.d the seemj Inj: weight of the evidence against the i accused, is mainly due to the cleverness of this half-educated twenty-year-old pirl I herself, whoso display of dialectic skill and tion by the Bench and hostile counsel will render the trial memorable.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 279, 22 November 1913, Page 17
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154GIRL WITH IRON NERVE. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 279, 22 November 1913, Page 17
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