COOPER TO DIE.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ENDORSES DEATH SENTENCE. Daniel Richard Cooper, convicted of murdering an infant at Newlands is to pay the full penalty. His case was considered at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House, Wellington, on Monday afternoon, His Excellency the Gov-ernor-General, Viscount Jellicoe, presiding. The whole of the facts were considered, and the executive endorsed the sentence of death imposed by Mr Justice Chapman after a lengthy trial. Particulars as to, the time and place of execution were not included in the official announcement covering the executive’s decision.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2593, 14 June 1923, Page 3
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94COOPER TO DIE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2593, 14 June 1923, Page 3
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