JAMES TO HANG
(I'ress Assn.-
EXECUTIVE OOUNCIL WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH SENTENCE DESPITE RECOMMENDATION
— By Telegra ph— Copyriglit) .
Wellington, uesday. The Executive Council to-day decided not to interfere with the death sentence on George Edward James, who was convicted of the murder of Cecilia Smith. The trial of George Edward James, an engine-driver, aged 57, on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Cecilia Smith, a widow, in a flat in Ohiro Road, on June 30, was concluded on November 15. On their fourth return to the- Court following their original retirement the jury returned a. verdict of guilty of murder, with la strong recommendation to mercy. Sentence of death was pronounced by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 713, 13 December 1933, Page 5
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118JAMES TO HANG Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 713, 13 December 1933, Page 5
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