HUSBAND MURDERS
TEIALS CONCLUDED TWO WOMEN ACQUITTED (EIM. Tel. Copyright—Unlt«d Press Assn.) -.., BUDAPEST, Dec. 27. The trial of the women concerned in husband murders has been resumed. "Esther Takacs was acquitted for lack ol evidence to support the charge that she poisoned her father-in-law. She declared that he pursued her with unJ welcome attentions. She admitted .pureftjising flypaper which she intended to use for a legitimate purpose the following summer. The Public Prosecutor protested against the acquittal of Maria Casaibfti, who declared that her husband • was a drunkard and had ill-treated , th« family and* had subsequently subsided. She withdrew her previous confession but was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years' gaol. She successfully appealed against the sentence.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17145, 30 December 1929, Page 7
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