Distribution of Ruawaro Exhibits
BONES FOR PATHOLOGIST
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. Since the conclusion of tho Supreme Court trial of William Alfred B-ayJy for the murder of Samuel Pender Lakey and his wifo Cliristobel Lakey, at Euawaro last year, the 200-odd exhibits which were presented in the case have been locked in a room at central police headquarters, Auckland. Instructions have now been received for their disposal, and the charred bones believed to be those of Samuel Lakey, tho murdered farmer, are to bo handed over to Dr. Walter Gilmour, pathologist to tho Auckland Hospital, who gave vital evidence during the trial. Dr. Gilmour was anxious to obtain possession of the 60-odd pieces of bone, and the Polico Department has now decided to hand them over to him. Most of the other important exhibits such as the petrol drum in which the Crown alleged Lakey was burned, Bayly’s Spaidau rifle and Lakey’s Remington, Bayly’s knife with which it was alleged he whittled away bloodstains, and the two famous cartridge shells, arc to.be sent to the Polico Museum 'at headquarters in .Wellington,
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 223, 24 September 1934, Page 5
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183Distribution of Ruawaro Exhibits Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 223, 24 September 1934, Page 5
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