PONSONBY MURDER AND ROBBERY.
A SENSATIONAL SEQUEL. GUNN IMPLICATES TWO OTHER MEN. .
(Pi» Pbisb Association.! AUCKLAND, June 21. A voluntary statement concerning the murder of Mr A. E. Braithwaijx) and the subsequent burglary at Ponsonby Post Office was made on Saturday afternoon by Dennis Gunn, who was condemned to death for the former crime. The statement was taken by Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., in his official capacity at Mount Eden. Gaol in the presence of witnesses. No official information is available as to the contents of the document, which has been handed by the Magistrate to the sheriff and is being forwarded by the latter to the Minister of Justice at Wellington. It is understood, however, that the condemned man admitted that ho and another man robbed the Ponsonby Post Office. It is alleged that a third man shot Braithwaite. Both men mentioned in the statement are in Auckland. So far as can be gathered no official action, other than that of’ forwarding the statement to the Minister, has been taken.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1845, 21 June 1920, Page 5
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172PONSONBY MURDER AND ROBBERY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1845, 21 June 1920, Page 5
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