RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY URGED
— Press ■Assriciation
By Telegraph-
HAMILTON, Feb. 4. Tliat the grand jury v-ievved with grave coneeru the iueidence of murder Aiid attempted murder charges iu the Supreme Court aud felt that the res toratiou of eauhai punishment would aet as a detejMlBlbvati the preseutmeul recorded byjB^Mfufd jury in the Supreine Court ^Hramiilton today. The recorde# preseutmeut was to the ell'ect that a returu sliould be prepared and published as to the nuiuber of murder aud ijuaiislaughter trials in the eight years innnediately preeeeding the abolition of capitai punishment in New Zealand, with a correspouding compilatiou of similar charges for the eight years sinee capitai punishment was abolished. Mr. Justice Smitli said the presentments would be conveyed to the proper quarter.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1947, Page 6
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