KNOCK FOR THE POLICE
SOUTHAMPTON MURDER UNSATISFACTORY WITNESS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Saturday. Tli© jury at the inquest concerning the death of 3Mr. \ r . PL. JMessiter, whose body was found in a garage at Southampton, returned a verdict of murder against some person or persons unknown. The coroner, in summing up, said the statement of one witness, named Podmore. was a mass of ' inconsistencies a.s to dates and circumstances. The jury must use their discretion in regard to what credence they placed on the alleged conversations between Podmore and another prisoner. The coroner proceeded to say it was an unhappy circumstance that the authorities had not prosecuted anyone in connection with the murder in order to stop the verdict at the inquest. Counsel for the police objected to the statement, saying he desired to protest against the coroner’s observations.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 9
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141KNOCK FOR THE POLICE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 9
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