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Verdict of Manslaughter.Rita Jamieson'8 Deathi«w«K®.'»iSYDNEY JURY CONVICTS HRS. MILLSi.i Kotlt; .» murnwl »«. , the letter. I weut lo Armidal. f*t e•1 Guyta, wa- rhiug.d si in.' week, 'nol thinking tor a moment thatI iS.iiiu'* Cm, I* lor.- il r 1 h haring llt; luumuxly Uiiuiml* murdend Uit.iiiiivi.ru the ninc-ycar-oiigWr «'l Alexander Kirki. died ni II rv-nl......ij gi mid mother. Mi- 'i .. .t I ion I lt;, «tt f'l.iuAll (I Y cronica adopt.-.! • i Uujra, : Hit ad 1*0*1-AprilII'IIIVU'.hI, wlln a.II-I.-I II! guilty.ill Ml Ni l MMnMrI*veil. » do-who Mart m Iui (In* (roNu, uikI tbi- aeciuod tin mtl mlo oC Knk and In- Urn wilt* ir- oku. aili.pttil u little.1,i.m ri.rMi.-i..I I.It.-n/i.-, nl Gum*In outlining th Mi Knylr, K (».„• til.- mother •A- inn Knk. hod, nomr yt girl .1 whom tiny win particularly tom!. Then* ■» no rruMiu to belurrotinI Kirk * ihi-wuiI w it. « » any les*loud III till- dufai At til. tiuio •»! III.-alleged crime the i hikl w,v- staring with her adopti*.! grandmother. ill*. Moure, at, Govrie.A •latoment nhu-h th. lt;«*«n I’ro--i.-iiUit iwiid had Iki-ii in,nil- by Mr*. Mill* wo* read. It xl out that Hie n-nn.ii (.hr ri-nt tin* pill* »as that t, i-I'tntioD t unic ou r her on the spur ..I tin iiioimiit My lu.nl had boon (■ mbli- I ni Mini i- turn-, the statement went mi Tin- pa in* in ib head at lirm • made me I eel giddy. u* il I wu» going boekwnrda. nhrn I sent lhlt; pill- I dxi not * nli !•» kdl Hilo; it utk the d.-vil »lint innde me do it. I wan surprised nnd olle. t.d wlu-u I In.inl thnt the girl *»» dead.’'Rtidrtiiv given by witn.r*?* on W.d-o.atday uiu. mnmly a repetition of whm will given ut tin- inquestKathleen Mary William- -aid aim i a] m.-ii the ueeu-ed ut « shop on a fviturday morning Muri the dentli o( Kit. -l.ittin-'oti. Sh. Inflight a lulml at the -Su|. and nit th. top oil anil the • tump at tin hull lint. Sh.- then tied tin label t«. n -mail purnM, nnd walked out. t,iking th* pairi-l with her The nvii**l hud not tried to hide anything ah. • imd Inn quite opt-n hi i.i r . . inin r utin wa* |uann*.Vil'1,1 May WTvlttou, the axit.vtani lx-tii,i-i re— nt Gowrie oh ntif..I a litter *h. hud m-m-d. ii.ldri-M'd to l er grandmother.Mi M 'I.hie I* it (pun what your u-i imliiMiihei told nii that yon km-w .lt; , parrel .oimng through the pool V* --- ■ I IIVW I • lining 11/1 « »ir'**iv •••(oiiii on | hud posted poison 1 neier thought Jil-tici h'«r-1 almUt the pohcv. I had a good »c*-k a« Armidal.*Alt;vu-lt;»1 went on to toll of h'r a. tivil.*«-- at Arintdjilr and c! the DUnnr-IW» religious meeting*. ah, h»d traded, n% well n» tli Hickson Mission Mm i.mtinned :tin Widnt’ftday 1 returned to Guy ra. My liUkhiiini net me II, *-tid 'V»u know what lit* himjdit'l *' I aid, *i know what tin* nohre told in. ye« lonla y.' Ho said. Th.i hare Uk-(rn my atryehniiie * I replied. 'It lt;lo» -m.t matter. wc diil not pniaoo Hitn •lid wrV Ho fld mr the police were eominc to woo me on Thnreday. 1 thiniftht the jkiImo a-rro .oming to nr-rrat him. n» I thought I would donr out, mj that Urey would think I did it.' “I do not rrmi-rntxT the lot U r i! nay 1 left with him w Uik* niutiug u' llw* atatiaa lor a train to Armidale lii»l*-t«r Itiirno* nnd horgcant VidK-r i-arne to ua. Sernwint Vidlcr wii.l I '\ou are milking u bolt. It i» your dn in nod guilty conx a-ue. You pot. mod Rita, and your fcon-injiiw- know it ' I aaid, '1 will take my onUt I did not.* I had fully inmle up uty mind ' to tell the Jmlirv I had poisoned Uita to nave my buaband. lie told me wna under arrcal. lli. thou rood MMtirlliing over to me nnd »ohl me U ■ian it. 1 did an, uuite ignorant ol tint I wan doing, krom Thursday to Saturday altemoun. my mind wo* an i.liHnltite blank. I o.iild not ri-nu-inlM-r I inuring beau chargad ut the Polie. I Court ut (luyra on Saturday afternoon, hut niter n deep it all name hark • me Had I hr mittako. pH-krd up tin-pill-, for the nerve not*, and plants-1W,ti1itown know..rn-l n liuliItwitnew-d withtlknew nl my the only |-throttgh the pr.-t, i.-ply to Mr M•lt;»»I lint !M i*l.l never ....nd Mr- Kirk knit,i- Monti*. pu*tiiii*tr..- at fio»mi. .iid.-nre i- to t|„. death of the ehild ut the bri-akfaat tuhU*. niter lakinc “ pill• Mr Coyle. Mr- Moore rhlld *-n- not ill and did pill. Tile ehild t,hought wen ehocolatca, and them the mi tit rd to takeIn answer -aid thnt linnet II.-«| any that the pill win 11 -hi »nWthem.In r.-ply Mr M'C.hn-. witiu*— nimI In-r mix* a) Cowrie lia.1 never wtit-t.-n In-r Shi had never known Mr-. Mill* She thought it funny getting , |i-Jtn friun her when »ln ni-vei got letter*, at other timt*.Replying Mi. M tihie. Al.xiii.ibr Knk old. a- (ar n» lie knrw, the n. i'u-.*1 had oo ill-feeling Uiwurdt, miy-one.Dr T. S Dougla., of Tumwort iI.-imIkxI hi* visit lo the ehild, pt t before %lie died. II. opinion *»■ th , 'i.-uth w a* eaused by •.tryeliriiuo pni»o iin* III- took the pill*, fetter, uud lt;veloin* to tin* palin* ’trttiou ami hnli ,-nl then. tlt;» the -orgennt. .Ilenry Harris. Gorernment Mixlii I t lHui-r ut Tam wort h, lt;rriai*-«xiunin- 1 by Mr M'Ghie. admitted that woman nt Mr*. Mill*’ ug.* might lime tits ut insanity, which might amount to maniacal insanity or muiuueul lumii-eidi lie would not agiii entirely* that the uoinun would turn ngaiti.t her beat friend. •.Mr. -M'Ghie: It may he that tln.ii;-.l, the symptoms are slight, the «leiui---m* may he great, and she mnj lnlt;i«-hwinitidul tendencies fWitm—s: Yes; *ln- might heeoxno nlt;*nk-uiiti d«*d.Mr M‘Ohh*: If insaiutv is In-reilit-aiv. would it not he likelv to become more nronotirieed nt mvuwd'» tuno ol life 'fWitnes«: Yew.Mr. M’Ghie!_ If tliere wna u family in which insanity had mx-urnxl, i» it not pos-ihle thnt it would allow it-df ■bout thui time of life?NVitnrwa: Yt«,\ letter priMlurnl, stating that Mrs. Mills was going to l.langothliu ortileuioc, was ohjccted to by Mr M’Ghie, hut his Honor over-ru|ixl the • ilijix'tioti .and the letter was read.Thunm* Cookacv, Government An-alyat, gave evlilenco regarding the strji'lininc found tu the child's stotn-alt;-h In answer to Mr. Jastice IVr-irn*-iu, he miid that from half n grnin tu two grain- would cause death. It depended on tin* uciclit of tin* periwm. II thought that one grnin would Insufficient” to kill the child.1 aiurs Wnlliui* (postmaster at Guv-rut. Henry llnm. (Go»crmnent M«-h •-aI Officer). Constable I’aa-lield. I,. D. l*i|M-r (a State lad. ngtwl 14, of G..w-riei. Alls-rt Moore (Gowrie), uud M-exandvr Kirk (Guyrn) r«*ps'ate.l the .'vidcnoi* w hich they had given nt the Coroner’. Court ut Tam worth.\l the conclusion of the Crown com-iIh uixUmhI made n atiiteinent from the hv-k She »aid:--ln the Tluwlny In-fore I went to Anuidale. I wont to Gowrie. I hri.u ;htthem in tin* yonl for the rahhtto. nod •--nt tin*-** eontointui; th. ktrychntiir-to the ehild P 1 told the countable m elinrge at the polin* ntntion. hut he would not li»U-n to me.That, night I»r llnrm cntne to if I was mud I toll him my m-atnki-aiul turrn.l to the constable and raid i* *ail it so-mi-d quite |K»s,l|e for mi aici'lent. to occur like tbin.”H.-nry John Milh, liusUnd ol uc. cum-'I. who wan ix.iniim-l hy M-.M’Gluc, .ml that ho had soiil' up hi-house. Mis wiTc hud been sult.-nin; tr,.in i:iddi||i*vi uutl headache* Sin-was vciv gi»u|.naturlt;d nnd would triv.111., |,.-,I’ r.tT her feet to anvoni She held Kiti. Jamieson in n bind, ntother-I I.V r She Ii'lnnttixl having had a.ilMi-ii'l u it Ii Kirk la-• IVbriinrv In i: tin v were quit* frktdly at tin mug of April.I In nti-w.T t.i Mr Coyle. Mill* -aid1..- had had m. polio- court procixling’ | wtili Kilk. lie never had any trmil.hwith Kirk over son.* wt'dcn tnrpiiulin i Hi- wife Was looking after lie place all j right1 II, addixl that he did tint get a g.w.l night's sleep once u weok. lie had beenpoiKinmg riibbil. with strvcbnine. Hi* wile hud nl times lu-lp.xl him tn milk. ,th.. bait- with trearle iiihI jam.I*i Adrian Wtlirugcen, of (diyr.i sod he hud attended t.. Mrs. Mill-fr.un time to time. II.. fir-t nttend.d h.-r in April l»2-_*.Mi Coyle ohj.s tid til the do. tor I 'lhng III.- Court Mrs. Milh.' IauiiIntyI —lory, nisi Mr. Ju-tin- FcrgiiMin Ium-1 to admit the i-v»«l«-iu,li Verhmmti-n .pul that Mrs. Mill* nn» iKiN’ing t Ins'til'll a lueiiupn Um- pert ml nt lhi% time. It would 1m* p.issil.:. for her to be Mlbjr.t to delusions.Mi M’Ghie, ndiIrceisiin; tin* jiirv. snid it was a mo.t remnrluildc com*. Til,* 4Vown was trying to hung on to the trouble betw.x-n Mill* and Knk a- the motive for tin- alleged iiinu-. •‘If you do ooinc to the conr-lusinii th-il Mrs. Mill. M-U the imIIs. he said, then 1 put it ts. yen that slie was not responsible for her action. Again. shouM you iWidc that sh. hint n ut the t» sotu-1 pi|| hy inistnke, she would not I-* guilty of mnrder.'Dm jury retired »t 4.A n.tn.. and lifter au b.uir’s deliherntloH* returmxl , v. rdid .tf mnmbtiahter.The uceitsed was remanded ior sentence.Obituary.Mil.THOMAS FACLKNKU, UltAIiliA.Ileutli ho* claimed out.* of the oldest pioneer* of the Hr alia district iu the lau-suu of Mr. Thoaiu* Faulkner, at !'•’ age of veai-H The late Mr. Faulkner was bum nt Lutterworth. liCie.wtcr, Knulaud, ami wim brought out here hy his parent*, the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Faulkner, when 1‘2 niotitli.% old. After a few- months in the Mubwfill.took district. Mr. l-noc Fiiulkner came to Gust ivy ck n» a slieis-h.-rd before gold had Ixx-n discoi.nwl on llu* Kocky. As u hul, Mi. Thonno Faulkner a a. npqn. hov with tonm-travelling lo and from the lu-nd of the line, and aaw the rise nml foil of th«* Rockv goldfirhls. ,Y% n young man, lie Uxik to mining, and lias gcn-i rally followed that work. About .*W y.'iir% ago his murriugc* wax celehrutixl to Mi-s Ann llilhn^f...., ...i.i th. union lhel*«- wen* lo children, 12 of whom in.. living. Th.* daughters are: Mr-. J Carpenter. Mr*, hugforxl, ami Mr». Slwu'iiinn. ..I Tingha, Mrs J NN itches (Croakwell), Mrs. J Squires (Toowoiuhal, Mr*. A. Ihklrw.n (Tnmworth), and Mrs, I. Townsend ll'nilla). The son, i,r.*- John (Kurri Kurrn IK-rU-rt (I'm-kntamo). phnnd HoIh-iI and George. Thereiltondi)I'rnlhi There arc AS erandx-hikl and •-’tl great grand-el'ikln-n, Two daughters died as chilli ton, and one -mi (Janies) pax-ed »ot at. the age of
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