SENTENCED TO DEATH

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2229, 15 August 1914, Page 6

SENTENCED TO DEATH

BUT'RECOMMENDED TO MEECY. . ■ ; By Telegraph-Press AssooiatiojMfcpyright ; (Rec. August 14, 8.25 p.m:) ■ ■■'. Perth, August H. , ' ; Frederick Smith:, charged : wjtki the v ; murder of bis son in June last, was found "iiilty, and sentenced to death, but;was recommended to mercy. The Judge saia the recommendation to mercy was justi--1 Bed. Smith maintained that fie fired in . • self-defence. ■ ■ ' ', , When arrested, Smith made aetatament that hi. ajid his son were.discussing . ' arrangements for the control of their re-; spective properties, when the son lost his temper apd threatened him. The. latter seized a eun and- pointed it at his son, - who rushed at the father. ' The latter; 'fired, intending to aim at .the son s legs. / The charge entered the/ lad's body, and he rolled over dead, k STRAIGHT T A t.K' TO MOTOIJ-CAB .■■,,-. ■'■ BUYERS, The farmer more, pernaps than any other class of the community, demands value fur money «hen he js purchasing it motop-cai The purppso'of these few lines is.to demonstrate to him that in tne Studebaker car the firm of Adam?, Ltd., can offer better value for les6 money than any other firm in New Zealand. Adams, Ltd., are the largest importers of automobiles in the Dominion., They have had fourteen years of experience m importing ears to this country, and of driving them under all conditions. They know the motor business from A to Z, and they have selected tho Sttidebaker car as 'absolutely the best wlue for money obtainable in the world. Studebaker floality cannot .be surpassed, vet th° Studebaker car sells in. New Zealand from' ■■430 to .£SO lower than any f other . car .fitted with the indispensable ulectrio self-starter, and eleclnc liehting «et. <sti!''pbftkpr enrs ar« beine purchased anily ( thfousr'hout New Zealand, end evpry pur-', chaser is more than satisfied. The more experienced the mutorH the better rlnos he apprpciate the Stu.ielwkcr. J hew ve ' the Studebaker prices for New Zealand :- qtin 7-seater Studebaker, £395; 25-h.p. - B-.eiter Studebaker. £Va; 25'h.p. 3-seiiter,.'-cabriolet Studebaker, JC595; 25-h.p. 3-s-eater V Kind-baker (body made ; lo special nrder hv Boon «nd Co., Ohristcburch), JM7S. fiie« prices include "Wagner t eleotrio ■ j «olf-started, .electric lightine set, 'hood. Wind-shield, and.'in..fuel, all tne ifems . usually charged as "euro's-" A shipment of the new "25-h.p. Studebakers has jusr arrived, and the cars way-.be insppcted/ > nt Christcliurch. or any ot our agents. \ ADAMS, LTD.'. . ,\. ; Aeents for Studebaker Motor-cars. Christchurch Branches at Wongnuni and Pulme'rston North. DISTRICT AGENTS-Tourist . M«tor " Co., Hastings j Newton King, New. Plymouth and ,Stratford; J.- H. Lyttle,- Mas- '•/ i terton: Hutchinson ' Bros., Ek'talumai . A. and K. Donald. Pahialua; E. A. Rau6omej Pannevirke; and Grove Motor Co* ' Wellington. . , ■ .