HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.
. An.incjuesfc has been hpldi at LialowjanV near Oashel, on the^ppjiy; of a wpmair named Mary Glasneen, who had been" jnurdej^Tby her husband* Her son, a boy 12- years . pf^ age. deposed that bin father came ooaie Srurikaher thedraher hour, add having goneinto th?i?oonvwber<? hfa mother was lying.ajck ia,aoa6unaptionv< he wished her to have some whisky^ vhieU she refuaedj Hathen polled i^ef.<»ijt L ' of j bed, piit.her" standing', against the wall,< aiid told' her to fall^dovrn* felT down ¥gainat the well. He then put her into bed again, and haying sent for aome he : b|oßghijher;lQMiiriffiia Well 3 kitchen m his aw^agdj.s^jiag.hefc^own vatu at the, fifeßlace, began to warm ben feet.r He then'ttirhed her head to thft pre.eVi close that she was burntf and 1 then he struck her with hia clenched hand; about* th'e month. The- boy; threw a bottle- at* bia father, and told him nob >t9 burtf J hia mother, 'and thfe&jwenl for thfe<;p6licelL' The woman died shortly afterwards. A verdict -of wilful murder was returned by 'the jury against Patrick Glasheen. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 18, 19 December 1883, Page 2
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175HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 18, 19 December 1883, Page 2
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