NOT GUILTY VERDICT
FINDING OF INSANITY ADELAIDE MURDER CHARGE ADELAIDE, Nov. 23. The trial has concluded of Arthur Nelson Durrant, aged 22, a farm employee, 02 a charge of murdering his employer, Hugh Forbes, his wife, and their daughter at Bugle Ranges. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity, but :he Court ordered Durrant to be kept in strict custody during the Governor's pleasure. The trial occupied nine days. The bodies of Hugh Forbes, his wife, and their 16-year-old daughter Joyce were found buried ten feet below a manure heap on Forbes’ farm five miles from Mount Barker on September 30. The family had been missing for some days. All had been shot with a rifle.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 25 November 1935, Page 7
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122NOT GUILTY VERDICT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 25 November 1935, Page 7
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