THE YARRA MURDER CASE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3677, 1 March 1899, Page 5

THE YARRA MURDER CASE.

FRESH DEVELOPMENTS

dubberke wants blood money. WHAT WAS MARY MAGDALEN ? Melbourne, Tuesday. The girl Thekla Dubberke—who gave Queen’s evidence at the trial of the prisoners Badalyski and Tod, who are now under sentence of death for the murder oh Mabel Ambrose Discattia —has applied for such share of the £SOO reward as she is' entitled to as informer. , The Chief Justice (Sir John Madden), when charging the jury in-the case, referred to the veracity of Dubberke, and argued that immorality did not necessarily prevent a woman from having good qualities. He gave Mary Magdalen, as an Superior of the Redemptionisb Order entered into correspondence with the Chief Justice, taking exception to this remark, and said he considered that the Magdalen’s association with • Jesus ought to have been sufficient to protect her name from being dragged into connection with the disreputable women of modern times. The* Chief Justice has replied that he has never heard it denied that the Magdalen lived an impure life. Her association with Jesus was that of a repentant sinner.