THE GLEBE MURDER.
MOIR SENTENCED TO DEATH. Sydney, January; 80. At tho trial* of Moir for the murder of Trevascus, the "medical evidence showed that prisoner was a mental weakling. Counsel for tho defence argued that such a weakling would be unable to conceive the clover .circumstances surrounding tho tragedy. He declared that Trevascus was a “fence,” who got Moir into his clutches and used him for his own evil purposes. Moir, afraid that the nature of his dealings with Trevascus would be discovered, wont to Melbourne under an assumed name.
Tho jury found him guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy on the grounds of his extreme youth and thu probability that deceased exercised a strong evil influence on the prisoner’s mind.
Moir, in reply to the usual question, proclaimed his innocence, and the sentence of death was passed.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 31 January 1912, Page 5
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140THE GLEBE MURDER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 31 January 1912, Page 5
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