ALLEGED MURDER.
THE WELLINGTON TRAGEDT. DEVOIX COMMITTED *0R TKIAL' ■ (By Telegraph.—Press Associatlonl)'^-' WELLINGTON,Wefaeiday. iAt ■ the Magistrate's Qourt ;'to-d»f, Ernest Devoin was committed for trill on a charge of murder, as a sequel to the death of Louiea White, who die* as the result of a wound from »\ leroiwr allegedly fired by Devoin on the night ot "M&zch 27 ;Dev'oiii and Wniteywho' were*ttf fitfe Jbeea married in a few daye v went fpitfi walk iii the reserve, and while there photi were heard. .„. The woman -was-; fouid badly wounded: in. the epine, and Devoin was also injured in the temple, hiring attempted- suicide. Devoin hat preVi- ] ously been charged with attempted mur . der, but the.woman -was k> critically HI then that the trial wae adjourned ia view of the possibility of the more serious charge. The evidence diecloied'tHitt Devoin already had a wife living. / ■ -
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 172, 20 July 1916, Page 4
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143ALLEGED MURDER. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 172, 20 July 1916, Page 4
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