TRAGEDY IN ASHBURTON.
drinking Bout in -dry 1 * district. seßlouVcoWsequ ences. .. v.v- • - Fifed* Association’. Ashburton, December 24. Roh&t Roberts’, - aged ; 61, an old resident, was'found lying unconscious in a liivery stables at Ashburton Into on Saturday evening.' He was taken to the hospital, where he died early this morning. It is alleged he had an argument with Hugh Holland, a well-known, farmer at Timvold, and then the later pushed him over, Roberts striking the back of his head on the asphalt. Holland was arrested yesterday, and charged this morning with murder. It is alleged that some men, (in- . eluding Holland and deceased, wore drinking in the stable when an argument ensubd. > t ; • >. ;j Possibly the charge may be reduced to manslaughter. ■ ;■
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 26, 24 December 1917, Page 6
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121TRAGEDY IN ASHBURTON. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 26, 24 December 1917, Page 6
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