DEATHS OF TWO WOMEN
FINDING OF A CORONER MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER Received Jan. 14, 8.55 p.m, SYDNEY, Jan. 14. At an inquest into the deaths of Mrs. Thomson and Mrs. Brown the coroner returned a finding that they were murdered by Percival Henry Thomson, whom he committed for trial. A message dated December 27 and published the following day stated that the bodies of Mrs. Annie Thomson, about 35 years of age, and her mother, Mrs. Harriet Brown, about 60 years of age, were found in a cottage at Parramatta with their throats cut. One woman’s head was practically severed. Percival Henry Thomson, aged 55, labourer, was remanded until January 15 on a charge of murdering the two women.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 12, 15 January 1936, Page 7
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