THE DEATH SENTENCE
MOVE FOR ITS ABOLITION IN BRITAIN COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER LONDON, Thursday. In tlie House of Commons today a new member, Mr. W. F. Brown, moved that in the opinion of the House capital punishment should be abolished. He said murder had decreased in those countries which had abolished capital punishment. As far back as 1874, said the mover, the committee of the whole. House had passed a resolution in favour of the abolition of capital punishment. Captain D. H. Hacking (Conservative), in opposing the motion, said only one Home Secretary had ever spoken against capital punishment. Without executions from 20 to 30 murderers would be let loose on the community every year. Th§ Home Secretary, Mr. J. R. Clynes, said that if the motion were passed it would not carry them any further. The Government would be disposed to act if an authoritative recommendation were made by a select committee. Mr. A. M. Samuel (Conservative) said lie had been impressed by the case of Oscar Slater, and there might have been others like it. He moved an amendment to appoint a select committee on the subject. Mr. Brown accepted ttye amendment, which was carried without division.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 809, 1 November 1929, Page 9
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