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MAY ALTER MURDER VERDICT. 'United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, January 25. Discovery of a thumb-print on a blood-stained piece of cardboard has led to an even unprecedented in English criminal law. George Fraterson was sentenced to death last year for the murder of a shopkeeper in Manchester. , He unsuccessfully appealed Later he was reprieved by the Home Secretary. He lias now been allowed a second appeal, in consequence of a claim that the thumb print is not Fratersons.,'
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1930, Page 5
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82THUMB PRINT Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1930, Page 5
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