POISONED CHOCOLATES FOR WIFE IN HOSPITAL
remarried eew days ajter SHE DIED. United Press Association— -By Eleotri# Telegraph—Copyright. * Received 'Wednesday 11.30 p.m. SYDNEY, March 19. The sensational trial of Allister Clark on a charge of poisoning his wife while she was an inmate, of-the Coast Hospital concluded to-night at the criminal court. _ ... Evidence was given that Clark, visited his wife at the hosiptal on many occasions and gavo her chocolates which the Crown alleged contained arsenic. His wife died and Clark a few days later remarried. The police had the first wife’s body exhumed and traces of arsenic were found in the stomach. Arsenic was also found in Clark’s pockets. Clark to-day swore ho was- innocent, but the jury, after many hours deliberation, found him guilty, and he was sentenced to death. The case excited great public interest. .
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6865, 21 March 1929, Page 7
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