THE WESTPORT CASE.
''GUILTY OF 0 ter Press ... <i ~ ■ v .NELSON,, July A.. „ The Westport murder trial concluded late to-night, when the jury, returned.a verdict of .guilty of against accused Olaf Halinen and Anderson. , * Both prisoners addressed, - the - Court maintaining their innocence. They had not known Bourke, the murdered man they 'said, and Connolly % \ the Crown witness, ,only -Jjecame,acquainted,, with the", trial commenced. Mr Justice Chapman said that the accused had been convicted on! the. corro,borated and unshaken testimony of nelly of a brutal crime. .Anderson, the, older of the two, was tbe mote guilty iri that he stood by and djd not attempt td lestrain HalineDj who kicked deceased, after ,he, was on'.the gjound. The sen-* tence of the Court .was*that each accused' be'kept to hard labour for seven years. -
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13636, 2 July 1908, Page 5
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131THE WESTPORT CASE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13636, 2 July 1908, Page 5
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