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DEATH IN A
HUMPY
Manslaughter
Charge
RAWSON IN DOCK
A dark-skinned man, whose
hair is greying, named Hen'iy
Rawson was arraigned for trial
today before the Chief Justice
(Sir John Northraoie) nnd a jury un «
chni'Ko of havins, on April 21 aur nt
Middle Swan, unlawfully Killed hmily
Voreo.
Briefed by the. AbrtrlRhlc* -Department,
Mr, O, Grief apn'enred to defmul I bo nc
euBod. ... _. ?
rue urowii i riiflciuiiui i ?»u, v. i-- wi,i
son) sold that Uriwson. thourth pal'tly
aborlginnl, hud lived nil his l!f« ummis
white proplp lifter
heniK puueamn «t
thn Nevy Nnri'iB
ftlission, For snuiu
time hn hnd brfn
livliiu nt n ruiloly
constructed en in;),
nt Middle fivnn
with a wnnwa
named Emily1
Ynrco,' whn wn«
supposed to have
beon bis wife.'
C'ASJD FOR
CROWN .
On April iU LliP
accused called at
the Midland
Junction police stn.
tion and reported
that thnt du.v hin
'iniKsus' Intel died.
UHicei-H visited tlm
camp nnd found
th,n woman lyliitf,
dead on A bed
Miut was In ' iiltby
condition, as. ul'n
was tho body,
According to tnR
statemi.'iil inn fie by Itawson, lie niid
tho woman were intoxicatod oii
Sunday. April 10, through drinking
wine. Hn naid that us they were
passliiR what wns known as White
mail's cluyhole, the woman sllppbd, ami
grasping him, full with him ? to thn
bottom of the clayhole — u dlstancn ot
IS feet. The woman, he said, wan in*
jurcd and ho carried her to tho camp.
He did not secure aid for the woman
during the next five days. It wni al
leged by tho Crown thnt had ha -none ,
ho her life would have been saved. He ^
was charged with having neglected' lo w
provide thft Womuh with the nocnssarlos
of ltfo and this brought about bet
death.
oitCHAHfalSf'S EVibKNt'lS
An oirhurdlst, John William Bas«ctt,
said that accused worked for. him and,
on tho morning af tlio day that tlw
death was reported to the pojicu, hfl
came to him and tn|-j him thut 'thn
missus' was ill. Ho told about the
fall into tbo cluyhole, but did not nor
jhat the Woman had expired, Ho 'asked
for some si Ivor thut was duo to him
arid received it.
In reply to questions from/ Mr. Grief,
tho witness stated thnt both accused
and the womnn were heavy drinkers. .
Mr. Grief: Did they drink. wine made
by you?
Witness: 'llhn.v did Homptimps. ?
Was it 'pinky?' — I don't know
what you mean.
'His Honor: I would like t« know ?
what 'pinky' i». 1 have ofton hoard
'I'lNKY' DEFINISD
The witness Kriirl tliut be did not;
know what 'pinky' was, though. In1,
tort, had nlsn often heard of it, Mr.
Grief gave tlie iiiformatioirthrtt 'pinky'
vi'po nn Infnrlni' lifii'f wllln that l'nd
a very intnxlciiting effect upon people
who drank it.
In further reply to. Miv Clrlef. Hip
witness stated thnt his impiiisHion was
that Rawson. iM not think thnt rli-i
woman wns seriously III, awl his know
ledgo of the man would lojd- him to ni--
lieve that If ho did ho would kl'oI: nudi
eal aid. '?
TRtSATMlSNT SUOUESTKl) .
A son nf (He previou« wRni'sv ?l»lui
Chnrlfes Ba«Hctf, strtted thnt tho iu'cuspiI
told Him of thn woman's injuries tw;o
days nfter she had fallen into tlie .clny
hole. Witness, asked him if ha was uslnx
niiyfliliiB to dres,s the wounds, nud hn
rojilled thnt ho was not, wliprnuponwit
iicsi fuiggestad that ho should il«e somn
and suggested to him what sl.ould bo
used,
In reply to Mr. Grief; Ihe wltum
stated thut from what Rawson told him
he concluded that- Rawdnn tJion«llt th°
woman was not bndly injurnd. He had
known the necuaod over oiiicehe 'wns
a nipper.' nud he wns a mnn who would
not wilfully do any harm. Tin drink
heavily 'when ho could cet it.' T!ih
woman nlan drank heavily. If they
coiild not «et wlnn they drank hncr.
The r-onditlou of the cnnip nud thut of
the body which wns lying on a bunk rn
sidfi wn*i described by Polir«-Coruitnblii
Nicholson, who was tnkoii by the rc
(jused tn tho place.
If. Rawson Help
If. Rawson
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