The Convict Chemis.
■ — -« (PKH PRKSS ASSOCIATION). Wkllington, April 11. Mr C. H. Mills, M H.R., haa re ceived tho following letter from the Premier with roferonco to the application for the release of tho convict Chemis, who is serving a life sentence for murder :— " I have brought tho mat t( r under tlto notice of my colleagues llt is ns.i'lfssto into the ni:*ny dotnils •ml intricate? (juosiions raised in your roiiiniUDiciitioii. Tho f ct remains that Chomiswae adjudicator! guilty, bu-f tho clomency of ihe Crown was ex tended in giving him imprisonment for life in lieu of capital punishment. No circumstances hare arisen since the trial which would warrent the Government to recommend His Excellency to remit the sentence, and the amendment of the law as regards appoal was not retrospective. Under these circumstances Government can do nothing iv the matter."
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 288, 14 April 1894, Page 2
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