ALLEGED MURDER
CHARGE AGAINST MAORI. [Pee United Phess Association.] WHANGAREI, June 2. Wiremu Pite, a returned Maori soldier, was formally charged at the Whangarei Court this morning with the murder of Douglas Kaupeka, another returned Native soldier, by shooting him at Mokau, in the Helena district, on Sunday last. The incident at first was supposed to Ix 3 one of suicide, but it is since stated that the gun was lying behind deceased on a bed, and that other indications disposed of the suicide theory. No particulars were revealed in the court. Accused was remanded for eight days on the application of tho police.
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Evening Star, Issue 17369, 3 June 1920, Page 7
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104ALLEGED MURDER Evening Star, Issue 17369, 3 June 1920, Page 7
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