SUCCESSFUL ALIBI.
LONDON, February 23. The youth Thomaa Aitken, aged 16, who was charged at Edinburgh with murdering his grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Cunningham, was acquitted. The jury spent only three minutes in their deliberation. Apparently they accepted, accused's evidence to'the effect that he had spent the evening of the crime at a dance. — (A. and 2s\Z. Cable.) The accusation against Aitken was that he had struck his grandmother on the head with a poker and then stabbed her with the point till she was dead.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19260224.2.52
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 46, 24 February 1926, Page 7
Word Count
85SUCCESSFUL ALIBI. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 46, 24 February 1926, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.