COATS HANGED
(Press Assn.—
PENALTY PAID CONDEMNED MAN MEETS DREAD FATE WITH CALMNESS INNOCENCE AFFIRMED
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WELLINGTON, Thurs. George Errol Coats, who was convicted at the last sessions of the Supreme Court on a eharge of murdefing Phyllis Avis Symons at Wellington, and who was. sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Blair, was hanged at Wellington Prison, Miramar, shortly before 8 a.m. to-day. Coats met his end calmly. When asked by the sheriff if he had anything to say before the sentence was carried into exeeution, 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 ofiicials 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. T. B. McNeil, S.M., who returned a formal finding that the sentence of the court had been carried out in accordance with the law.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 100, 18 December 1931, Page 5
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