CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.
[Df TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DtfNEDitf, Thursday. The case of Mary Pearce, charged with the attempted murder of Jane Renwick by shooting her with a revolver, occupied the Supreme Court all day. Mi-. Hanlon, for uio defence, called no evidence, but made a strong speech. The jury returned a verdict of unlawfully wounding, with a recommendation to mercy on the ground of great provocation. Sentence was deferred. In the cava of throwing scalding water on Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, the mother of Mrs. Benwick, the same accused pleaded guilty to assault so as to cause actual bodily harm, and sentence was deferred.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11824, 29 November 1901, Page 5
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