CHARGE OF MURDER.
charged ;/;'/^' t! > ;thr:murderj;pf ; :'Ernest.''John' Bourke at :-., '\Vestp'ort-;-.-tvas ; resumed' 'to-day 'in'- tho '- Sli-'' •.--■.prGhie , -Coart;^/;.>' ; j t^fci:,i S/;i:;/«v/''-.//.r/;v 'i--;?-'Sergeaht;: Chilleriistat«'ditla^:.Gonnoily ; told ' -.ji i...; shop./onithis^^riteht:of; ; tho.'murder,-' ;:;^;apd;tha^^afferwards : ?;Hanirieh*v-and another' fe t ?°^???(ffi e /rp;und corner.'.tbwards.;Vth^ /;;'O/Geo|go;;;Brown,';;a ; /v;* J . d .p n as-like-,those : ;belohg detailcd/tlie-wbiinda of Bo'urke' '■v-^i;^^)'^'<^ e ''' :^J^':''^n s\b'n;-C6nhQlly l '! ■i/,'Hallinen,'.;and: ; In cross- ■'■;%* WinatibnlieVsaid /two) of : Bourke's -wounds' ;-.,-could.have,-been^causedjby/a•"hnife.'v'vbut the /;:)wc_und;w tho'check'by^bluntiinstriimc-nt." '■i /:'-.P.^tiv6;M'llyeh©y>£ave;;'evidehce.'regard-.-v-.V.™;£tated\as.-;^ -.; ;evideneethat.h,e (witness) I ', : S'foment ,r^ ;:iAfessiou;'/;/J\;;U///,;-:',;/v;-;'.;':;,,*;. '.<\ -.'.-. -!;/// ■'■: : .'. ;^f Jut'gb 'was; b"f^opinion'thafc' : M'Uveney /,:. should'have answer,, ', /. / :witness stated >:'. Ihat ,-Conhplly J s-"statement,":'.'-!I : alone /killed . -;/ Bpurke,";,was -made'in/reply tb'. ; M-Ilveney's' .-;,;;; questiop; : ;i'What-is?if you now :say?.!'/; and ;-.;■:: Ooririolly's.'statbriibnt/.that -:Hallinen vand!'An- '■ i ;J; derson/nverbV: inhpeent /'men'-; was ; ; Connolly's : WVbwiii'rißto'ark;'-';.^-^' 1 v : Z ;;/^iis7.eloscd/,thef;Crown's' case- ;iho/'other' .;'; -witnesses".for?the;Crown required'-'-'fot '.'i:Vv fori;the-/defence,' laid stress on vivtho-;.fact;tliat;.niuch/of'Wie;prosecuti6n's,evi- ./ :..dehco : :pointed.;.to!'-Hallinen ! /and'-Andersen :a3 :' /porpetratbfs.- .-;H6'called.'Mi& -Harcourt, -bar- >'• -.'--..maid.'pf [ Lennie's, 'whp/saw;tlio bloodybn Hal.'./hnen's.clotlics., before 'the.'r'dw; adjoihihg- tlie- .■'•'!. fifh -shop,' and Messrs./ Bull 'arid 'Lennie; -who ;■ -alsbisaw the Oano"V ,P" s .'. gave•■ .evidence/ fe'gardihg itho 'stains on ■;;•'-'. ■■:'•-' ,-tion in,his 'bar of/ an /assault 'oh- a ■;man' aiw V'/'|"'fW^;;J' th^/''.d escriptiori*':':.b '•'■; ■ ° a '!i|j<> l i\ ; ;;-.was;= : ?;:spberj/ -y.-but /''apparently-;.,ftm'iiscd!':;'about/-/'something; '~/ Bxammatiori;;^was v /.with v -.^:thß. ; of -.:•-.; - Bboinng. vthat ,!'Ballinen ■was >! describing tho />,;' fight ;he;had : with 'the.; steward /of; ; thc Talunri ■■■'.;.-the.'S'ime 'night'as/BburkeL'was': murdered, l M'Donald;. /a.;- I lahburer,/gave/-cvidcnco, ; ; 'siibBtantially .the same-aa'Corkery's. /Cohstfthle...Butlqr was under'/examination/when the .-■ ,Court;-adjourncd.:''/;//-'.;//'/,// / /;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 9
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215CHARGE OF MURDER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 9
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