WOMEN'S DEATHS
VERDICT AT THE INQUEST COMMITTAL OF SUSPECT (Received January 14. 7.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 14 At the inquest into the deaths of Mrs. Thomson and Mrs. Brown at Parrainatta, the coroner returned a verdict that they were murdered, by Percival Henry Thomson, whom he committed for trial. The bodies of Mrs. Annie Thomson, aged about 35, and her mother, Mrs. Harriet Brown, about 60, were found in a cottage at Parramatta on December 27. Their throats had been cut and one woman's head was practically severed. Percival Henry Thomson, aged 55, a labourer, was arrested and remanded on a charge of murdering the women.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22317, 15 January 1936, Page 11
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