MURDER OF DAUGHTER
ACQUITTAL ON GBOUND; OF INSANITY.
(United Pross Association.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, 31st May. At the trial of Alfred Watson, .schoolmaster at Penrith, charged with the murder of his daughter. Ada, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity. Watson was. ordered to be detained , during the Governor's pleasure;
Watson murdered his . favourite daughter in a manner which suggested obvious insanity due to overstrain.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 129, 1 June 1926, Page 9
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69MURDER OF DAUGHTER Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 129, 1 June 1926, Page 9
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