WESTPORT MURDER CASE.
CONTINUATION OF DEFENCE.
[Press Association.]
, , NELSON, Juno 26. At the Supreme Court this afternoon, tho defence in the AVcstport ( ‘ af sC -was continued. In his opening address Air. Herdinann stronglv emphasised the fact that no tobacco had been found in Bourko’s effects, mid that no evidence had .been brought that any one had bought’tobacco lioin _ him. . ~
Ivy Pearce, employed at tho fish shop where tho row took place on tho night of tho tragedy, said accused came in nlwut 7.30 p.'m., but she morel}’ guessed the time. Airs. Sham, a boardinghouse-keep-er, said she passed the post office going Lo the theatre at three minutes to 8. She noticed accused in tho theatre, Halinen especially. They were talking in a foreign language, and went out during the interval. She afterwards saw Halinen push someone away from the fish shop.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2228, 27 June 1908, Page 2
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141WESTPORT MURDER CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2228, 27 June 1908, Page 2
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