The Christchurch Murder Case
(PhR PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchubcp, February 2s. A. petition for commutation of the sentence on the two 1 Flanagans, it is stated, is being prepared. There was a rumour this afternoon that Sarah Flanagan had confessed,- but on enquiry it was found incorrect. February 2f . The petition to the Governor in favour ot the commutation of the sentence of the women Flanagan, was signed by several leading resident* of Lyttelton to» day. The ground of the petition is that in the opinion of the petitioners the claims of justice would be met and society sufficiently protected if their 6en- " tence were changed to imprisonment for life*.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 106, 28 February 1891, Page 2
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109The Christchurch Murder Case Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 106, 28 February 1891, Page 2
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