CAPE MURDERS
SIX NATIVES FOUND GUILTY
(Received this dav at lLa.m.) Capetown, Nov. 27
Six natives were sentenced to death for the murder of seven occupants of a kraal. Evidence established flint the natives believed the owner of the kraal to be responsible for black magic, causing several deaths in tho neighbourhood. A native advocate pleaded lor mercy on the ground that the natives were impelled by religious fanaticism, which would continue until another eastern star appeared.
The Court indicated it would support a roc mmendation for mercy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1929, Page 5
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