WOMAN CONFESSES
SHOOTING OF PENSIONER (Received March 23, 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 23. At the inquest concerning the death of David Wilson it was alleged that Anne Hillyard made a confession that she shot Wilson. The coroner found her guilty of murder, and Albert Wilson with being an accessory before the fact.
Both were committed for trial,
David Wilson, 63, a pensioner at Walhalla, was shot dead, and George Wilson, 23, his son, was at first charged with murdering his father. The police stated that the -father was attacking the housekeeper when the tragedy occurred.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 5
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95WOMAN CONFESSES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 5
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