MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
REJECTED BY GRAND JURY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. In the Supremo Court to-day, no bill was returned in connection with the charge of manslaughter preferred against Ernest Albert Burton, mate of the Harbour Board's dredge Paritutu, who, it was alleged, was responsible for the death of Flinders Hursthouse. The latter was drowned from his fishing boat, in September last, as the result of the dredge cutting down the boat.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1915, Page 7
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73MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1915, Page 7
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