THE SEELY TRAGEDY.
GIRL KATE ACQUITTED
A POPULAR VERDICT
Sydney. March 10.
At the inquest on Seely a verdict of accidental death was returned. Kate Seely made a lengthy statement. which was largely a repetition of the mother’s evidence. She said her father loaded a gun and had threatened to “do for the lot of them.” She replied. "Not while I’m here.” He threatened to biow her brains out. and she tried to take the gun from him. One of his hands was near the trigger, and in the struggle the gun exploded. She had no idea it would go off and kill her father.
Counsel for the defence declared ;t was atrocious that a mere child should be arraigned on a charge of wilful murder in the face of the circumstances of the case. Even though in the agony of despair she had shot her father to save her mother, he would look upon her not as a murderess but a heroine. There was an extraordinary scenp when the verdict was announced, the crowd cheering when Kate was discharged.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 73, 10 March 1913, Page 6
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180THE SEELY TRAGEDY. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 73, 10 March 1913, Page 6
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