A NEW SOUTH WALES MURDER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7605, 15 January 1903, Page 2

A NEW SOUTH WALES MURDER.

PAINFUL SCENE AT A TRIAL. During the inquest oiv the. little girl Jatiet .Irene Smith, the. victim of the Ramsay's Bush tragedy, on Doc. 22, a painful scene occurred in Court. Dr Millroy detailed the terrible injuries inflicted oni deceased. Then Annie Smith (deceased's mother), who wepb bitterly whilst giving her evidence, said that the child left homo on the morning of the tragedy for the purpose of getting some bushf/s in Cook's paddock. Witness left for town- after the little girl went out, and from something she was told she went to the Lewisham Hospital, where she saw deceased lying in an unconscious condition. She remained with her until she died in the afternoon. While giving her evidence the witness fainted, and subsequently, as she was being assisted from the Court by her husband and a constable, sho struggled violently to gt-t- at the murderer, calling out : "You wretch! I'll tear you." She was restrained by the constable, and removed ! to fhe courtyard, where she again collapsed. The blackfellow was absolutely unmoved throughout. Evidence was also given of the arrest of Moore and his con- ' fession. In his statement prisoner said he hit the girl on the head l with at stone. She was standing up when he struck her, and ! he knocked her down. She " sang out " .md kicked, and lie then hit her again three times and ran away. The Coroner asked Moore if he desired to give evidence, and advised him not to do so, whereupon Moore said lie had nothing to say. The foreman, after a minute's consultation with the jury, announced a verdict of wilful murder against Thomas Moore. Moore was- then committed for trial.