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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1958Vol. XXVIII, No. 9

Strong Spell

p. 143 · Read in the full issue

Wasn't a Very Strong Spell

the P-NG Supreme Court April 1, a Port Moresby )e was sentenced to 12 years for having attacked and ;ently assaulted a Euro woman while she was vng along a path in day ere was a stir during the *s lunch adjournment when e police reported that the ed had taken poison.

I the “poison” turned out e tree bark, which the e chewed to make his gums , claiming that by this od he would work a spell ■fluence the court in his r.