PENAL SERVITUDE FOR LIFE
ATTEMPTED POISONING IN NEW SOUTH WALES vCXITKD PK.ESS ASSOCIATION —By ELECTItIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received March 5, 7.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 5. At Wollohgong, Leslie Eldred Keene, aged 18, was sentenced to petial servitude for life, for having attempted to cause poison to be taken by Cecil L. Ulrich, at Berry, with intent to murder. It was stated in evidence that Ulrich tasted the porridge at breakfast, and after remarking that it had a bitter flavour, warned his family not to eat it. The porridge was given to two dogs, which died. From the dock, accused said he knew the poison was bitter, and would be impossible to swallow. He only intended to frighten the Ulriches. The jury recommended that Keene be placed under observation. The judge said that if any report were made which favoured Keene, it would be for the Governor •and the Executive Council to take any action they thought fit. but he could not take other than a serious view f a man who prepared to administer poison to three innocent persons, and see them die in agony.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21415, 6 March 1935, Page 15
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184PENAL SERVITUDE FOR LIFE Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21415, 6 March 1935, Page 15
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