CHARGE OF MURDER.
MAN KITXS ROOM MATE. A QUESTION OF SANITY. y. c (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. The criminal sittings opened this morning with only three cases. Judge Sim, addressing the grand jury, said the most serious case was a charge of murder against Patrick John Jager. It appeared from the depositions that Jager was friends with Arthur Creagh, and boarded with him, sharing the same room. On May 3, Jager attacked Creagh with a beer bottle, struck him on the head, and then cut his throat, .laprer gave himself up : and said he had killed Creagh. The real question was -whether accused's mental condition was such that he could be held criminally responsible. A true bill was returned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 August 1926, Page 8
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