MURDER CHARGE.
BROTHER OF DEAD MAN FOR TRIAR. By Telegraph Press Association -Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 12. 10.3 a.m) SYDNEY, December 12. At the inquest in connection with the, death of Frederick \N right. the Coroner found that Wright died from the effects of wounds inflicted on him by his brother William. lie committed William for trial on a charge of murder. A quarrel between two brothers. Frederick Wright, aged forty-two and William Wright, fifty, over a trivial .matter resulted in Frederick being stabbed to death on November 22. A neighbour hoard sounds of a struggle in the house where the brothers had lived for many years. He summoned the police, who on entering found Frederick Wright lying on the floor. He had been stabbed seven times in the stomach, face and back. It is stated that Frederick Wright made a statement to his elder brother which the latter resented, and a fight ensued.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17410, 12 December 1924, Page 1
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