CRIMES AND OFFENCES

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 15120, 14 August 1913, Page 7

CRIMES AND OFFENCES

A CANNIBAL SOCIETY. CENTURIES" OLD. Press Association —By Tsl.—Copyright. LONDON, August 12, A parliamentary paper states that the Human Leopards Society of West Africa- is a powerful, widespread organisation. Tho members are bound by the strictest oath to secrecy, and a secret mark ia branded on the body. Despite many trials and convictions, the task of stamping out tho society is very difficult. It has existed probably for centuries. , BAD BLOOD. BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS. LAUNCESTON, August 13. Tho inquost on the body of Mullins, found amid a heap of charred debris in a burnt out forest camp, has concluded. As a result of the jury's verdict, Daniel Jones, a farmer, residing in Bie district, has been charged with murder, and his wife, Jane Elizabeth J one?, with being an accessory after the fact. Received 30.5 p.m.. August 13th. HOBART, August 13. Tho chief points in the evidence against Jones were —his long-standing feud over land and other matters with Mullins; that Jones's boot marks and horse tracks were found in the vicinity of the fire; his suspicious movements on the day of the murder; and his refusal to assist in the search of Mullins. [The evidence chiefly centred round the movtmeats of Jones, between whom and Mullins there had allegedlv been bad b'.ood over land and other" transactions. On tho day of the tragedy, Jonc-s explained that- he had been opossum hunting at the time of the supposed murder, which would account 1 for shots then heard. On the day of i his disappearance Mullins left home ostensibly for the purpose of inspecting opossum traps two. miles away.] George Pardy, a married man, was ; found dead in Sussex Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland on Monday, shot in the head, and with a revolver at his feet. A letter in his pocket indicated that lie ' intended to commit suicide. > Clarence Harold Robinson, a clerk in the Treasury Department of the , Auckland Ciiy Council Office, was arrested on a charge of failing to ae--1 count for £lO. Other charges are ponding. ; At Port Awnnui. East Coast, a native was fined £SO for- -supplying other natives with liquor, and costs £7 12s were added.