COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
RAVENSBOURNE TRAGEDY. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, March 18. In one of the shortest preliminary hearings of a murder charge, taking just one hour, Stanley Davidson, aged 23, was committed for trial this morning in the Police Court on charges that he murdered his father and mother at ltavensbourne on February 25. Two police officers were in the dock with accused. Dr D’Ath gave evidence as to the cause of death —blows on the head from an axe which w-as an exhibit. Evidence given by an eye-witness, a neighbour, Mrs Dowall, was that she heard a scream and saw through a fence the woman victim ' rushing towards her with bloodstained arms, while in the background accused was striking his father with an axe. She went for assistance. The chief detective gave evidence that when accused was asked what had happened he said; “I slogged him with the axe.” Asked for the reason, he said, “Just temper. They were nagging a man.” Mr W. F. Forrester represented accused.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 18 March 1936, Page 9
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169COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 18 March 1936, Page 9
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