MURDER CHARGE.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19763, 19 December 1935, Page 10

MURDER CHARGE.

DEATH OF INFANT. •CASE AGAINST CHINESE WOMAN. EVIDENCE OF EMPLOYER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) TAUMARUNUI, Thursday. In the Police Court to-day Olive May Dunn YoV, a Chinese, aged 27, appeared before Messrs W. Thomas and C. P .Smith, J’s.P., charged with the murder of her infant daughter at Taumarunui on December 2. Detec-tive-Sergeant J. K. Robertson conducted the case for the police and Mr G. W. Tong, of Auckland, appeared for accused. The adjourned inquest touching the death of Nancy Rung Yow, the infant daughter of accused, was also held. Wong Shi Chang Wai, fruiterer, in evidence said he knew accused flrst in China. Jn September, 1933, siie came to New Zealand wild her husband. Since then her husband had been in witness’ employment as a lorry driver and with accused occupied rooms in witness’ premises in Taumarunui. He believed accused was a half-caste Chinese. She was horn in Wellington and as an infant went to live in China, until she returned in 1933. Accused had four male children in China. They were not brought to New Zealand. A male child was born on October 8, 1933. After her convalescence accused cried a lot and was restless, but eventually returned to normal health. Trouble Over White Girl. On September 22, 1935 a girl child was born to accused and she made a good recovery. On November 4 something came to witness’ knowledge and lie visited accused, who was in bed upstairs with her baby. Witness asked her what was the matter and she replied: “It is all through you for introducing my husband to a white girl and forcing him to marry her.” Witness said: “Why through me? Was it for keeping your husband in work and paying your way here, and giving you rooms to live in free?” Accused replied: “If was through you for introducing that girl.” Witness left her then and two days later she came downstairs again, and was about the same in health. The hearing is not completed. After November 3, witness heard accused saying to the boy: “Go to (hat other mother of yours,” and she asked one of the men there to take him to his second mother. Accused never used to speak to witness nor lie to her. She gave witness black looks. Accused was friendly with witness’ wife. On December 2 at 2 p.m., witness’ employees were finishing their dinner meal when accused came crying downstairs saying to her husband: “If you want your girl you had better go up and see her, for she is dead.” Accused's husband carried accused upstairs and the police were sent for. In cross-examination witness said there was no truth whatever in statements that accused's husband was married to a white girl. Accused was the type of wman who always wanted to be alone. The lunch adjournment was ’taken at this stase.