HUSBAND AND WIFE GUILTY
PERTII. Xor. 20. Sydncy Hannnond, aged 26, a earpenter, and his wife, Ceoilia Haimnoiid, | irere found guilty Of the murder of j Detectjve (Jarl Koe at Claremont. Seu- j fences of death were recot'ded, but only; the husband's sentence was pronounceii. : The jury made a strong recommendation to mercy in the case of the wife. The defence rested chiefly on evidence | that Hammond had been a sufi'erer of j epilepsy. [Detective Roe was shot by Hammond in the street while the latter was trying to escape after having been Hrrested.]
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 November 1946, Page 3
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