FATAL INJURIES
CRIME IN SYDNEY NEW ZEALANDER STRUCK , DOWN MURDER CHARGE FOLLOWS (United Press Assn.-’-By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 8.25 p.m.) Sydney, December 17. Described as an inoffensive, decent citizen, William Henry Thompson, aged 30, a native of 'Wellington, New Zealand, when going home along a lane at Campsie on December 6 was viciously attacked with a piece of gaspipe and eventually died from a fractured skull.
The police evidence at the inquiry to-day was that they arrested Leonard Grewcocß, aged 19, who made a statement admitting having killed Thompson for no apparent reason. Grewcock was under the influence of drink and something seemed to say to him: “Kill this .” At that very moment Thompson happened to pass by.
The Coroner committed Grewcock for trial on a charge of murder.
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Southland Times, Issue 21271, 18 December 1930, Page 7
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