GUILTY OF MURDER
-Ereis Assn.-
Protests From Court When Verdict Given INNOCENCE PROTESTED
,By Telegraph—
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(Received 19, 12.10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 18. William John Cody, aged 24, a labourer, an.d Rnpert Davies, aged 28, a stofeman, were found "guilty of the murder of James Edward Scriver on January 31, 1936, and both were sentenced to death. Scriver, a Titles Office messenger, was fatally shot while acting as escori to a clerk carrying a cash bag contain* ing £1758. Women screamed and men muftered disapproval when the foreman announced the verdict. Bqth the convicted men profested their innocence and said they had not had a fair trial. The judge said that every point in their favour had been carefully placed before the jury.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 30, 19 February 1937, Page 5
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