ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10283, 12 January 1922, Page 3

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER.

CHARGE AGAINST' ” SOLICITOR. LONDON, January 9. The Armstrong' case has opened. Counsel slated that accused relented Martin coming into the legal hnsineks in the town, where he had hitherto" been supreme.'-: The prosecution -would prove that accused purchased‘arsenic from a chemist who was Martin’s father-in-law. Accused, cm becoming friendly -with Martin, invited him to tea. Martin, after eating buttered scCmes, became ill. showing signs of arsenical poisoning. Later, a box of chocolates was loft at Marlin’s house, and a lady who ate some became very ill. The chocolates were examined, and it was found that arsenic had been inserted. On another, and the last, occasion, when Martin took tea, Armstrong personally placed -scones ou Martin’s plate. The prosecution’s case was that one 'particular scone contained arsenic. [Herbert Armstrong, a, solicitor, and clerk of the court at Hay, Brecknockshire, was- recently arrested and charged with attempting to murder Martin, a local solicitor, with arsenic. Armstrong’s wife died seven months ago. H was reported that her body was being exhumed.] The Victorian Government has inoeased the reward to £IOOO for (he apprehension of the Tirsc.hke murderer and also recommends the Governor to give, a full pardon to an accomplice who gives details of the murder. One of the fewcentenarians in the Auckland district is Mrs William Cossey, of Drury, who-was 102 years this Christmas. Living in the same neighbourhood is her eldest son, whose age is 73. Mrs Cossey lives with another son. who is 65 years of age.