A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.
[BY TELEGBAPH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Invercabgill, 22ud October. After a hearing extending over several days Mrs, Emily Hobbs has been committed for trial on charges of arson and sheepstealing at Longridge. The first charge was of burning her house nearly two years ago, and the other of stealing some of the N.Z. Agricultural Company's lambs from the adjoining paddock last year. A peculiar feature of the affair is that the principal witnesses are her step-children. Her husband was also called, but counsel for the accused objected to his evidence being taken. There had been family jars recently, and Hobbs had knocked the woman down, and with the assistance of his children had tied her up. Accused was allowed bail, totalling £100. <■
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Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1897, Page 5
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125A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF. Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1897, Page 5
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