COATS HANGED
DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, December -17. George Eroll Coats, convicted at the last sessions of the 'Supreme Court on a charge of murdering Phyllis Avis Symons at Wellington, and who was sentenced to death by Judge Blair, was hanged at Wellington prison, Miramar, shortly before 8 a.m. to-day ( .jj t ; Coats met his end calmiy. , ( - When asked by the" Sheriff if he had anything to say before the sentence was carried into execution, (the prisoner from the scaffold said in a quiet voice that he had not, except that he wished to thank those who had been connected with him (meaning presumably the prison officials). He was innocent and trusted in the Lord. Death was instantaneous. An hour later, an inquest on the body was conducted by the Coroner, Mr F. B. McNeil, S.M., who returned a formal finding £hat the sentence of the Court had been carried out in accordance with the law.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1931, Page 5
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