THE DEATH SENTENCE.
AX AUSTRALIAN OR(M£. By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright 'Received 31, I(U> p.m. Melbourne, August 31. The d'eatdi sentence has ibeett recoml•d named Samuel Freeman far shootjaig a waitehman.
[Jflrecirtan was comaniittied for trial for participating in the Oxford Street tfoat, Office affray, cabled on June 8. 'i'he facts alt tihe time were that early on 'tine morning of June &, the wa/tolmittn at tlhe Oxford jSUreet Poet Office hearU. someiooie insklte the building. He fast-/ eneid the door ajidj went to oUrtain assistance. He had only proceeded a few yards when a man who evidently been wajtehing 'his movements ftred a revol■ver, 'the bullet passing tQimoiugh tlie watohmißin's cheek, and stirdking a second mran w*ho was Standing on the footpath, knocking omt tihxee of Wa teeth. 'l'he watchman flTed tihnee iihlotsi at Uia ossiailant, wlho succeedied in escaping'. The man locked in, alarmed at the firing, broke iflwj ftmlagllit, rcaohed Dhe back of tOne building, descended by the fire-escape and got away.]
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 82, 1 September 1914, Page 4
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163THE DEATH SENTENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 82, 1 September 1914, Page 4
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