THE ERETAHUNA MURDER CANE.
WELLINGTON, Makch 11
Iu the Supreme Court, Hanison, the Finn, was put in the witness-box for the defence this morning. He stated positively that he had never seen Dalton alive after he left Eoliston's Hotel, and heard no row while going home. Smith and Dalton left him at the hotel, and he went out afterwards to look for Smith, who picked him up on his way to tbe tent. The reason for asking for his time was that he wished to go back to Eketahuna to join Dalton, who was an old mats of his, He accounted for blood on his clothes by saying he had been wrestling with Smith and scratched his elbow and thumb. Aooused gave his evidence quietly and apparently without reserve. Under cross-examination he said that when Smith and Dalton left him at the hotel he did not make any arrangement to pick up Smith. He afterwards admitted he was under the influence of drink to some extent, and had not distinct reoolleotion of everything that occurred.
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Evening Star, Issue 8771, 11 March 1892, Page 2
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175THE ERETAHUNA MURDER CANE. Evening Star, Issue 8771, 11 March 1892, Page 2
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