THE MAUNGATAPU MURDERERS.
(TotheEditorofthe Welling-ton Independent.)
Sic, — Your Supplement of 16th inst. is now before me, and it is sufficieutly singular to observe from tho results of the inquest, not only that tho strict letter of the law has been turned aside, (*) but that the verdict is not in accordance with known and perfectly established factsin anatomical science. It is evident from tho account of the la3t scene in this unique case of crime, that Kelly was the enly one of the three who died from strangulation, •whilst Burgess and Lovy can only hare died from pressure on the central organs of the nervous system, arising, in all probability, from partial displacement between tho first and second vertebra of the neck. P.O.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2432, 25 October 1866, Page 5
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122THE MAUNGATAPU MURDERERS. Wellington Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2432, 25 October 1866, Page 5
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