THE DUNEDIN STABBING CASE.
CHARGE OF MURDER. [Per Press Association.] - DUNEDIN, Feb. 13. At tie Police Court Alexander Thompson, one of the seamen of tie Otarama, was charged) , with the murder of George Gibbs, one of the crew. So far the evidence adduced was similar to that given at the inquest, but the hearing is not yet concluded. A seaman named Stiles swore he saw the accused get out of his bunk with; a knife, saying he could not stand the row any longer. The accused then "approached Gibbs just as the light went out, Gibbs a moment later saying “ I’m stabbed.’'
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12425, 14 February 1901, Page 6
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102THE DUNEDIN STABBING CASE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12425, 14 February 1901, Page 6
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