THE WAIKINO TRAGEDY
fBT TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] PETITION FOR REPRIEVE. AUCKLAND, February 19. Petitions for the reprieve of Higgins’ sentence to death for the Waikino murder were forwarded to-day -by counsel to the Governor, and His Excellency's constitutional advisers. The ground on which the reprieve is sought is that at the time of the crime Higgins was insane; and attention is directed to the fact that at the trial sevc-n doctors described him as insane.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1924, Page 2
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76THE WAIKINO TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1924, Page 2
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