Murder. —Joseph Brooks and Isaac Brooks, brothers, were tried at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of having murdered William Davey, a police constable, at Aclon. Davey was shot at his own door on the 19th January last. The evidence ag i inst the prisoners was purely of a circumslantia.l character. At the close of the case fn* the prosecution for Isaacs, nouusol submitted that no evidence had been adduced to show his complicity in the crime, and B.iron Wilde directed a verdict of aquittaf. Joseph Brooks was. however, found guilty, and was sentenced to death in the ordinary form. His sister, who was in court, screamed out loudly when sentence was pronounced upon him. — Home News.
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 2, 10 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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118Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 2, 10 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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