THE WAIKATO MURDER
RETRIAL OF TK KAIIU. HAMILTON. August- 2. T lie retrial of llakaria 1 e Kahn on a charge of having murdered Richard Elliott at Ongavoio on Easier Sunday commenced in the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr Justice. Stringer. The court was crowded. Tin- jn i -oner was calm, and liis appearance did not betoken severe menial sfvain. Dming iiir.u-eor.ition lie put on a good deal o: weight. At the firs! trial I ho jury disagreed. Dr Bertram, in hi- evidence, said an examination of the body showed two wounds in the neck which were sufficient to cause , lea -1:. Evidence was given similar to that the moveni- nt of deceased and accused, and the licariii;. 1 . ot shoG tired. Martha Look added that some time in March (before iC- mimic,) To Kalui called at Cox’s store and a.-ked lor goods »n
credit, promising to pay when he got his next pay. In reply to his Honor witness said accused had not paid yet.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19210809.2.88
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3517, 9 August 1921, Page 24
Word Count
167THE WAIKATO MURDER Otago Witness, Issue 3517, 9 August 1921, Page 24
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in