MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
PAKF.HAS AND MAORIS INVOLVED IN FIGHT Wliangarei, May 23 As the outcome of an affray at Pakotai on April 2. when three pakehas and several Maoris were involved in a fight, resulting in one pakeha dying shortly after his admission to Whangarei Hospital suffering from severe head injuries, a charge of manslaughter was brought in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. A Maori. William Martin. aged 21. truck driver, was charged that he unlawfully killed William Arnesen. thereby committing manslaughter.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 25 May 1945, Page 4
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80MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 25 May 1945, Page 4
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