ALLEGED MURDER
CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday.
There was again a large crowd of spectators when the trial of Frederick Peter Mouat, charged with the murder of his wife, was continued to-day. Accused followed the evidence with keen interest.
Lucy Prosser, a married woman, a neighbour, gave evidence on the lines of that given in the Lower Court as to a party in her house on February 19, as to seeing washing on Mouat's clothes lines on later dates and to smoke coming from the dining room fire, and Mouat's statement that he was going to see if his wife was in Oamaru or Dunedin.
Detective Thompson gave evidence as to the finding of bones. Cross-examined, witness said all the bones except those in the grate were found in the dug part of the section or in a large heap of refuse. To Mr Donnelly: Fragments of bones found in the grate were in a corner.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1641, 14 May 1925, Page 5
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