PLEA ALTERED
ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE
(% Telegraph.—Press Association.) 4s th f OAMARU, Bth June. rwn\i. ti tco. me of 'a parrel between ?n thp A f V '.th?, for'n«- (aged 17%) stood m the dock m the Magistrate's Court toh?broH S Wd ? th at*emPtwg to murder Evidence showed that the accused's mentality was sub-normal, and he took fd at t Vh Ol?> nV temil ei:-- IVhil« beinff search ed at the Police Station, accused is alleged war/ul&u^o^ US ' iS al" (r,nn^eh^° f "V; aceJß sed ' Mr. A. Hamilton pleaded guilty, gut the Magistrate (Mr. H AY. Bundle, S.M.), said that in view of accused's mental condition he YZrll 6nt/J j P,' ea of "ot e»ilty. Mr. Bundle added that lie would reoomend the Minister of Justice to have the accused placed under observation at a mentr.l hospital m the meantime, and Committed him for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Oamaru
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 133, 9 June 1927, Page 17
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