A MURDER CHARGE.
(Per Press Association.) IVHANGAREI, .Tune 2. "Wireku Pito, a returned Maori soldier, was charged formally at tlie Whangarei Court this morning with the murder of Douglas Kaupeka, another returned native soldier. by shooting him at Mokau, in the Helena district, on Sunday last. The incident at first was supposed to be ofre of suicide, but it is since stated that the gun was lying behind the deceased on a. bed, and that other indications disposed of the suicide theory. No particulars were revealed in Court. The accused was remanded for eight days, on the application of the police.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14704, 3 June 1920, Page 6
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101A MURDER CHARGE. Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14704, 3 June 1920, Page 6
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