MONKEYS’ EVIDENCE
Witnesses of a Murder Two performing monkeys may be the chief witnesses for the prosecution at the trial of two natives who are charged with having murdered a showman at Comilla, Bengal. The monkeys first brought the news of the murder to tho showman’s wife, by gesticulating and acting to her how their master had been killed. Afterwards, they led the police to a spot where the body was found to have been buried. While returning, the monkeys suddenly made a violent attack on two strangers, who were sitting in an eating house. The police arrested the men, who proved to be notorious bandits. Their houses were searched and the dead man’s clothing was discovered. Counsel for the defence is hotly con- • testing the admission of monkeys’ actions as evidence.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 22, 9 January 1935, Page 4
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