A BRUTAL CRIME.
DEATH SENTENCE ON PHILLIPS COMMUTED. Sydney, October 25, Cabinet to-day considered the case of William Phillips, who was sentenced to death lor the murder cf his child at Willoughby on April 19th. It was decided that although the crime was a revolting one the sentence should be commuted to imprisonment for life, aud that steps should be taken to see that Phillips be never released. Ministers believed the crime was not premeditated, aud the death penalty was unlikely to deter other criminals who were were likely to commit similar offences in a moment of excitement.
The crime was a particularly brutal one. Florence May Phillips, a bright little girl of eight, was found buried in some bush at Willoughby, a suburb of Sydney. She had been frightfully injured, and had been outraged. Her father, William Phillips, twentyeight years of age, a labourer, was arrested and recently convicted of the crime.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 910, 27 October 1910, Page 3
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153A BRUTAL CRIME. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 910, 27 October 1910, Page 3
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