 Parker - Hulme Murder Case, 1954
Pauline Parker, 16, and Juliet Hulme, 15, were found guilty in 1954 of killing Pauline's mother, Honora Mary Parker, with a brick in a sock. The jury rejected a plea by the defense that the girls were not guilty on the grounds of insanity. This information is mainly sourced from Christchurch newspapers at the time of the trial and articles written since. The murder, which took place on 22 June 1954, remains one of Christchurchs most notorious.
This information mainly comes from Christchurch newspapers at the time
of the trial and articles written since.
Some of the coverage of the trial is available as both transcripts from
the articles and as pdfs of the newspaper. The transcripts are easier
to read and faster to download but the pdfs retain the look of the
orginal. Articles that have not been transcribed are available only
as pdfs. To view pdf documents download the Adobe viewer below. Articles
written after 1954 are only available in transcript form.
In addition we have included a list of other resources at the bottom of this page.
News Coverage of the Trial
Page 1: "Woman's body found", Press, 23
June 1954, p.10.
Page 2: "Two
teenagers face charge of killing woman,", "Discovery of
body described" and "Court told about families" Star-Sun,
23 August 1954, p.1.
Page 3: PDF "Called to Park" "Had operations" Star-Sun,
23 August 1954. p.1.
Page 4. PDF "Murder trial - Mother cross-examined" Star-Sun,
24 August 1954, p.3.
Page 5.PDF "Murder trial - continued" Star-Sun, 24 August
1954, p.4.
Page 6. PDF "Murder trial - continued" Star-Sun, 24
August 1954, p.5.
Page 7. PDF "Supreme Court Trial - Witnesses tell of finding body" Star-Sun, 24 August 1954, p.12.
Page 8. PDF "Crown rebuts opinions about girls' insanity" Star-Sun,
27 August 1954, p.1.
Page 9. PDF "Crown rebuts opinions, Belief in hereafter, traversed
at length" Star-Sun, 27 August 1954, p.2.
Page 10. PDF "Murder trial" Star-Sun, 27 August 1954,
p.3.
Page 11. PDF "Closing stages of teenagers' murder trial" Star-Sun,
28 August 1954, p.1.
Page 12. PDF "Murder trial: Symptoms enumerated" Star-Sun,
28 August 1954, p.3.
Page 13. PDF "Murder charge. Hearing of evidence completed. Addresses
to jury today" The Press, 28 August 1954, p.8.
Page 14. PDF "Murder charge…..continued" The Press,
28 August 1954, p.8.
Page 15. PDF "Ministers to decide future of murderesses" Star-Sun,
30 August 1954, p.1.
Page 16. "Teenagers sentenced to detention for murder" Star-Sun, 30 August 1954, p.4.
Page 17. "Girls guilty of murder" The Press, 30
August 1954, p.12.
Page 18. PDF "Girls guilty of murder… continued" The Press,
30 August 1954, p.12.
Page 19. PDF "Girls guilty of murder… continued" The Press, 30 August 1954, p.12.
Page 20. PDF "Detention of murderesses is problem" Star-Sun,
31 August 1954, p.11.
Page 21. PDF "Girl murderers sentence" Star-Sun, 1 September 1954.
Page 22. PDF "Girl murderers' sentence - decision on place of detention" Star-Sun, 2 September 1954.
The trial reports as a single PDF (8837 kb) - doesn't include items below.
 Later Coverage
Page 23. Furneaux, Rupert. "New Zealand girl murderers." Famous criminal cases V.2, London:Wingate, 1955. p.32-49
Page 24. Gurr, Thomas Stuart and Cox, H. H. "Death in a cathedral city." Famous Australasian crimes, London: Muller, c1957. p.148-167.
Page 25. Clarkson, Neil. "Separation threat trigger for a brick attack." The Press, 17 June 1989, p.23.
Page 26. "Murder without remorse," Press Weekend, 5 October 1991, p.5
Page 27. "Solved: Hulme's greatest secret," Press Weekend, 6 August 1994, p.3-4
Page 28. "Hulme describes teenage plot to kill friends mother." The Press, 20 September 1994, p.3.
Other Resources
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