ALLEGED MURDER
MARRIED WOMAN CHARGED. DEATH OF HER HUSBAND. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received October 18, 10.15 a.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 18. Mrs Hoey was committed for trial on a cliarge"of murder in connection with the death of her husband.—Press Association.
Norman Hoey, a shearing contractor, was shot dead while sitting in his motor car in a street in Inverell. His wife was later charged with his murder. In a statement to the police she said that she had been living apart from him for three years, and as she did not receive justieo in court when she sued her husband for allegedly trying to run her down in his motor car recently, sho had shot him to protect herself. CASE AGAINST ITALIAN. VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. Received October 18, 10.15 a.m. MELBOURNE, Oct. 18. Cricri, the Italian fera cutter, who was charged with the mu.rder of a countryman named Polistina in the Gippsland district, was found not guilty.— Press Association. TYPISTE’S DEATH. Received October 18, 9.30. a.m. LONDON. Oct. 17.. Goulter, who is accused or murdering the typist, Constance Oliver in Richmond Park, has been committed for trial.—Australian Press Association and Sun cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 274, 18 October 1927, Page 7
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