MURDER OF TYPIST.
GOULTER SENTENCED TO DEATH.
(BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND K.Z- CABLB ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON; December 6,
At the trial of Sidney Goulter, charged with the murder of Constance Oliver, a plea of insanity failed, and accused was sentenced to death. Sir Bernard Spilsbury (Pathologist to the Home Office) in evidence said that death was caused by strangulation. There were other wounds insufficient to cause death. jj Goulter's father gave evidence that his son had been m a morbid state of mind at different periods of the year from the age of 16, and he had been a constant anxiety since he was nine years of age. Witness had to take precautions to ensure the safety of accused's mother and sister, whom he was afraid the son might harm. The prison doctor stated that there was no sign of insanity _in Goulter On the contrary he was intelligent. [Constance Oliver, a typist, aged 21 years, was found dead in Richmond Park, London, on October 6th. Sidney Goulter, son of a retired police inspector, was arrested and charged with murder.]
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19178, 8 December 1927, Page 9
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