PUKEKAWA MURDER
THORN’S DEMEANOUR
AUCKLAND, Dec 14
“Right oh!” was tho remark Samuel John Thorn made When he was arrested on a charge of murdering Sidney Seymour Eyre; “Right oh!” .was his demeanour throughout his two trials, and “Right oh!” is said to have been his reply yesterday \yhen the sheriff of Auckland. (Mr A. Stubbs) told him in the condemned cell at Mount Eden gaol that the Executive Council had made no recommendation to quash the order for his execution. His demeanour throughout has thus been unchanged. So far Thorn has made no statement or confession in regard to the crime of which he has been found guilty
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1920, Page 4
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109PUKEKAWA MURDER Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1920, Page 4
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