TRAGEDY RECALLED.
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, May 24. A tragedy at 'fully, Queensland, on September 30, 1927, was recalled by a case in wliiclr Donald McPherson petitioned for a decree nisi against Amy Wilhelm in a Sarah Banks McPherson on the ground of misconduct with Denis John Moynihan, formerly oi Auckland. . . Counsel for petitioner said that Mrs McPherson deserted her husband in January, 1927, and went to Australia with Moynihan. She lived with_him at Tally and on October 21st, 1927, stood her trial on a charge of wilfully murdering him. He was shot through the body with a sporting gun. Self-de-fence was pleaded, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Mrs Macpherson had acknowledged her misconduct with Moynihan. Petitioner was granted a decree nisi and the custody of the two children now in' his care.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 149, 24 May 1928, Page 8
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140TRAGEDY RECALLED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 149, 24 May 1928, Page 8
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