PATUMAHOE MURDER
: VERDICT AT INQUEST An echo of the murder at Patumahoc one thenight of February 21, when an elderly Maori, Toko Whakaia / was shot by his son, Johnny Toka, was heard jn thV courthouse at Pukekohe on Thursday, when the coroner, Mr. C. ai.awrie, J.P., held an inquest concerning*' deceased's death. Jivulence as to the admission by the younger man that he killed his lather was given by Constable F. T. Wakelin. He also mentioned that at the Supreme Court trial the son was found to be insane; . ■-> ■■■<■■.-
A verdict/ was returned that the causa of death was a gunshot wound inflicted by deceased's son,,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19338, 31 May 1937, Page 12
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106PATUMAHOE MURDER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19338, 31 May 1937, Page 12
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