NURSE CHARGED
TRIAL NEXT SESSIONS
CROWN SECURES ADJOURNMENT
The charge against Elspeth Kerr, aged 45, nurse, of having wilfully administered poison to her eight-year-old foster-daugh-ter on April 16 last, will not be proceeded with at the present criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, Accused, who is a widow, was brought before Mr. Justice Herdnian yesterday, and counsel for the Crown said he had been instructed to ask His Honor to allow the case to stand over until next session. The request was granted, and counsel for the accused reserved his right to apply for bail.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21258, 11 August 1932, Page 12
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95NURSE CHARGED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21258, 11 August 1932, Page 12
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