A HASTINGS SENSATION.
HASTINGS. April 25. ■ln the case of the woman found dead on a section about midnight on Friday, when a letter addressed to Marian D. Baird, 55 Trafalgar Street Nelson, was found on the body, developments have occurred resulting in the arrest of George Dunne, a stable hand, aged 32, on a charge of manslaughter.
THE INQUEST. (Per Press Association) HASTINGS, April 25. An inquest on Marion Douglas Baird, aged 71, found dead in a section in town at midnight on Friday last, was held by Mr. R. W. Dyer, S.M. this afternoon. A man, George Dunn, aged 32, under arrest, was in Court, and was Identified by two witnesses as a man seen leaving the section immediately before the body was found.
* The coroner’s verdict was that death was due to great excitement acting on a diseased heart and a dilated stomach, and that the gffeat excitement was caused by the fact that she had been raped by George Dunn. Subsequently Dunn was charged with manslaughter and remanded for a week. Bail was refused.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18162, 26 April 1921, Page 5
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178A HASTINGS SENSATION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18162, 26 April 1921, Page 5
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