KILLED A GROCER
murderer was betrayed BY MATE IN GAOL SENTENCE IN MELBOURNE MELBOURNE, Friday. Arthur Skeritt, aged 48, was cony~l®d and sentenced to death today , “ e murder of John Taylor, grocer, 01 **tzroy, early In June. f ?U°w-prisoner of accused’s stated i. ?"dence that Skeritt had confided ° saying he had killed Taylor, the defence was that this confeson was a mere joke during a mock ■m in the remand yard at the gaol. !n^ij* ln t' l ' ay * or ’ a &ed 65, was murdered his grocer’s shop in Kerr Street, h.n °?' Robbery was believed to , been the motive, as it was unrstood that Taylor possessed con"herable wealth.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300802.2.68
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1040, 2 August 1930, Page 9
Word Count
108KILLED A GROCER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1040, 2 August 1930, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in