RE TRIAL IN RUSDEN MURDER CASE
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The re-trial of Mrs Pansy Louise Frances Haskell, aged 49, who is with the murder of Mrs Gladys Ruth Rusden on June 5 last year, opened in the Supreme Court today. The jury failed to agree at the first trial, before Mr Justice Callan, which was held in November and. lasted nine days. Mrs Rusden was found dead with head wounds in the kitchenette of her home at Horotutu road, One Tree Hill.
The re-trial is being heard before Mr Justice Finlay. The Crown Prosecutor (Mr V. R. Meredith) and Mr G. D. Speight are conducting the case for the Crown. The accused is represented by Mr M. Robnson and Mr N. J. Shieff.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1948, Page 6
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