A MOTHER TRIED FOR MURDERING HER TWO CHILDREN.
• [BY TELEGRAPH.—PBESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHtTBOH, Friday. . In the Supreme Court to-day Ann Royal was charged with murdering her children, William Robert and Emily Royal, on March 13. The charge in connection with William Robert Royal was, taken first. No fresh, evidence was adduced. The jury, by direction of the Judge, returned a verdict, of . not guilty, on the ground of iusanity. She was .ordered to be confined in Sunhyside till the pleasure of the Colonial Secretary is known. In the other case the Crown Prosecutor will ask for leave from Wellington to .enter a nolle prosequi. Charles Parker, charged with bigamy, was acquitted.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6996, 19 April 1884, Page 5
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