THE SPRING GULLY TRAGEDY.
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VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL. THE JUDGE’S REMARKS. Uxited Press Association. Copyright (Received Feb. 11, 12.40 a.iu.) • MELBOURNE, Fob. 10. The jury found Scott not guilty on the charge of murdering his wife at Spring Gully on December 14th. The Judge,, discharging the jury, said: — “Who did the deed is only known to God and yourself.” [Mrs. Scott, wife of the manager of the Spring Gully dredge, was found shot dead. Her husband was arrested on the evidence of his little daughter, who stated that her l ather and mother were quarrelling, that her father struck her mother, and that afterwards she heard a shot fired.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2423, 11 February 1909, Page 5
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110THE SPRING GULLY TRAGEDY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2423, 11 February 1909, Page 5
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