FOR THE TERM OF HIS LIFE.
UIiasTCUUfIOK ATTEMPTED MCKoau CASE. Pur Press Association. Christehurcb, May ),-,. in the case against Hehir, alias Smithcrs, of the attempted murder of Nellie .lack.-on at the Supritiiu- Court to-day tlio jury, sift«i- ten minutes' retirement, funnel prisoner guilty. T.'ie woman't throat was shockingly cut by the prisoner -on the night of April 5. His Honor Mr Justice Chapman said the jury would have failed in their duty had they brought in any other verdict. There wore absolutely ' n 0 mitigating circumstances. If tiie woman's hie had not been saved merely by the skill of the hospital staff, aecusdd would "live been found guilty of murder, and no could imagine no ground that would have induced His Majesty's Government to spare his life. H e would he failing in the performance of his duty to society were he to pretend to discover any mitigating circumstances. There was but one course open to him and that was to inflict the highest sentence which the law allowed. Accused \v,vs sentenced to be imprisoned, with hard labor, for the rest of his life.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 16 May 1907, Page 2
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184FOR THE TERM OF HIS LIFE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 16 May 1907, Page 2
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