THE CHRISTCHURCH MURDER.
i ______— — WHY ROBERTS WAS REPRIEVED. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, November 29. In the House this evening, Mr G. Laurenson (member for Lyttelton) asked as to why Roberta, the Christchurch murderer, was reprieved. The Premier said that the Government had been unanimous in making the recommendation a ter considering the judge's report, the medical evidence and the recommendation of the jury, before' the petition for a reprieve had j been placed before it. The jury considered that while Roberts was not insane he was a degenerate, not morally responsible, having inherited defective mentality, and further debased himself by intemperate , habits. ! Mr T. M. Wilford (Hutt) urged that this was another instance of a new definition of insanity, and he suggested that the Premier should . co-operate with the Attorney-General in framing a new definition of ! insanity to meet such cases.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9663, 30 November 1909, Page 5
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145THE CHRISTCHURCH MURDER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9663, 30 November 1909, Page 5
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