ACQUITTED OF MURDER.
THE WAIPAWA TRAGEDY, i
"IMPULSIVE INSANITY/'■
ACCUSED OVER «o YEARS OLD
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NAPIER. TW On the ground that the accused was f fering from " impulsive insanity," a ; *& in the Supreme Court declared Va t •?. Keily, aged 82 years, not guilty <jp| charge of murdering George Dodd'in ft * pawa last December. ', *" Mr. Justice Edwards committed £ n to Napier Gaol pending the pleasS tho Minister for Justice. M»
1 The accused had been living or Jj | months in a whare on the bank of tV : Waipawa River. Two casual labourer. 9 I Georgo Dodds and Joseph Wainwrirtr i whom he had known for sorno ymt-' ,_ - ... i"** 1 "] Vera I camping in the vicinity, and the ft'- | me n had a conversation on the night f | December 9. Later Kiely returned to Ik I other men's hut, and attacked Doddswitl, I a knife, inflicting fearful injuries and l I most severing his head from his body. IT ' also wounded Wainwright.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16496, 23 March 1917, Page 4
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162ACQUITTED OF MURDER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16496, 23 March 1917, Page 4
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