The Kenniffs
JUDGMENT OF THE FULL COURT. The Pull Court, consisting of the Chief Justice and other Judges, have heard the appeal against the conviction of the brothers Kenniff, who were sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Doyle at Carnarvan. The grounds of the appeal were that there was no evidence of Doyle’s death and no evidence that Patrick and James Kenniff had acted in concert. The Court upheld the conviction. Mr Justice Real dissented. He said there was sufficient evidence that Doyle was dead, but there was no evidence to support the theory that James Kennifl j.ha* part in the murder, unless the Comt accepted . .onjecture that James vkj id N " Rurally help his brotller. Hi; presence at the scene was involuntary, he being at the time a prisoner in Constable Doyle’s custody.
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Manawatu Herald, 13 December 1902, Page 3
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136The Kenniffs Manawatu Herald, 13 December 1902, Page 3
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