DEATH SENTENCE.
OAKES FOUND GUILTY. (bt cable— press association— copyright.) (australian and n.z. cable association.) SYDNEY, Juno 30. After Mrs Oakes had given evidence that Oakes had always boon good to her and tho children, but was childish and easily led, tho jury returned a •vordict of guilty. Tho Chief Justice, in sentencing Oakes to death, said tho way he hacked the unfortunate victim showed extraordiuary brutality and incredible inhumanity. [Arthur Oakes, a married man, and Mono- Beachcr, rented a cottage at Toronto, near Newcastle. Tho girl was found dead in tho bedroom, when an cntranco had been forced,- and Oakes was arrested later. Ho declared that he had taken her away for her sake, and that she had taunted him.]
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18422, 1 July 1925, Page 9
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121DEATH SENTENCE. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18422, 1 July 1925, Page 9
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