WHALL MURDER CHARGE.
A FURTHER ADJOURNMENT.
BACTERIOLOGICAL REPORT.
[ZX TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] WELLINGTON. 'Wednesday. The case in which Joseph Barnes, 31 years of age, is called to answer a charge of the murder of Walter John Whall, was again before the Court to-day. The police asked for a further remand, stating that they would not be able to go on with the caso until the (Government bacteriologist's report came to hand.
Mr. Stevenson, who is appearing for the defence, said the application was rather indefinite. In the Cooper case it took two months to obtain the report. Tho police should not wait until a considerable time elapsed before going on with the case. The only light the bacteriologist's evidence could throw was whether certain bloodstains were human blood or other blood. Chief-Detective Kemp said he hoped the report would be ready in a fortnight. The magistrate adjourned the case for a week.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18709, 15 May 1924, Page 8
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