RUKEKAWA MURDER.
EVIDENCE OF MRS. EYRE. CONTEMPT FOR THE ACCUSED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 16.. The Pukekawa case was continued in the Supreme Court this morning. Mrs. Eyre, in answer to Mr. Singer (counsel for the accused Thorn) said: “Within a few hours of' the shot being fired I thought it was Thorn.. I believed it was Thorn hy the timo tho police came.” She though Thorn was the only one who could have- committed the murder. At first she thought Thorn was a- “decent fellow, but after a certain relationship began between them she bad nothing but contempt For him. ■ That was due partly to; his familiarity toward her and partly by m his threats. She denied that sho ever asked Thorn if he coidd got a divorce or whether, if lie could get rid of his wife, ho would marry her in the event of \ anything happening to her husband.'
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16894, 16 November 1920, Page 7
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153RUKEKAWA MURDER. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16894, 16 November 1920, Page 7
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