A BOY MURDERER
Press Association.—By Telegraph—Copyright, LAUNCESfTON, June 19. Tlio name of the eight-year-old boy murderer is Robert Davis, not Robertson, ne told his parents when be got home that a hyena had taken his little brother off into the bush. When, further pressed he said that the ohdld fell off his back. A search by the father revealed the child hidden away, with his head terribly battered. He died two houre later. Robert subsequently stated at the inquest that his brother was too heavy to cany all the way home, so he hit him on the head twice and then concealed him.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14245, 20 June 1908, Page 9
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103A BOY MURDERER Otago Daily Times, Issue 14245, 20 June 1908, Page 9
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