TOOK RAZOR TO CHILDREN
WOMAN ADMITTED TO PROBATION [Per United Press Association.] HAMILTON. February 18. The case was heard in the Supreme Court to-day against Petrina Louise Kui, of Cambridge, who was charged before Mr Justice Fair with attempting, on December 24, to murder her two half-caste Chinese children—Keith Leong Petersen and Nancy Lee Petersen—and further with attempting to commit suicide. The Crown advised the jury that it might be wise to consider the case leniently. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts, with a strong recommendation to mercy. Mr Justice Fair said he agreed with the rccomni'"V I ‘ti . and remitted t ! 'c I'-isou'.'r to p.olatiou for 12 nr—is.
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Evening Star, Issue 22577, 19 February 1937, Page 13
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113TOOK RAZOR TO CHILDREN Evening Star, Issue 22577, 19 February 1937, Page 13
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