SAMOAN NEWS
DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED
(Australian Press Association.)
APIA, > August 20. afternoon the High Court consisting of Judge Luxford and four assessors, convicted and sentenced to death, a coolie, Chin Sung, on a charge of murdering a coolie, Chan IChong, on July sth, at Apia, following a dispute about a gambling debt. The assessors, however, asked that a strong recommendation to mercy be forwarded to the Governor-General of [New Zealand.
The Administrator and his family return this afternoon by the "Veronica,” from Pago.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1931, Page 5
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83SAMOAN NEWS Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1931, Page 5
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