TRIAL FOR MURDER
CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN THE TICKNER CASE. Received Nov. 13, 11.15 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 13. The coroner returned a verdict that Leslie Tickner died from a bullet wound, and he committed Blanche Elizabeth Petersen for trial on a charge of murder. Detectives produced a statement allegedly made by Petersen, who admitted accidentally shooting Tickner at his flat on the night of October 9. She playfully challenged him to put up his hands. He seized her arm and the manner in which he pulled her arm caused the revolver to go off.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 268, 14 November 1935, Page 7
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93TRIAL FOR MURDER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 268, 14 November 1935, Page 7
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