“YOU DESERVE HANGING”
JUDGE SENTENCES BOY SLAYER
FARMER SHOT TEN TIMES Lnited P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright Reed. 10 am. MELBOURNE, Today. Eric Pike, aged 15, today pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of John Smith, and was sentenced to three years’ hard labour, with subsequent detention in a reformatory. The charge was originally one of murder. The judge, in passing sentence, said: “Your youth saves you from the hanging you so well deserve.” The body of John Smith, -aged 36, a farmer, was found on a road, close to Mildura on October 22. There were 10 bullet wounds in the body, which appeared to have been dragged some distance behind a cart. Pike was arrested on a charge of murder.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 831, 27 November 1929, Page 9
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118“YOU DESERVE HANGING” Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 831, 27 November 1929, Page 9
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