THE WESTTORT SENSATION.
ACCUSED BEFORE THE COURT. [BY TELEGRAPH ASSOCIATION'.] Westpobt. Thursday, . .Oiai? Hauxax and Andrew Anderson, seamen off the West port Coal Company's s.s. Canopus, who were arrested last night on warrant, charging them with the murder of Ernest John Burke,- of Reefton, appeared before the Court to-day and were remanded. Halinan, who is a Finn, and Anderson, a Norwegian, were liberated yesterday, after serving three days' imprisonment for being absent from the Canopus without ieave. Halinan was also fined for having un-Cus-tomed tobacco in his possession.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13750, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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88THE WESTTORT SENSATION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13750, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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