DEATH SENTENCE
♦ A. J. PATIENCE FOUND GUILTY CHARGE OF MURDERING WIFE. JURY'S RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. October 31. Found guilty of murdering his wife. Arthur John Patience was sentenced to death by Mr Justice Northcroft in the Supreme Court this afternoon. The jury added a strong recommendation to mercy, which, his Honour said, would be passed on to the proper quarter. The jury, which retired at 10.57 o'clock this morning, returned at 2.9 p.m. Patience appeared quite calm, smiling at an acquaintance as he stepped into the dock. Asked if he had anything to say before sentence of death was passed, he said: “Well, your Honour. I would like to say, and to put before this Court, and the people of New Zealand that I have been in New Zealand for about 27 years and I have worked hard; also, I have given my services to the last war twice, and also that, if I was free, I would give my services in this war. And I should like to say there is no man or woman who would say I have caused them injury. I say from my heart and soul, lam aji inncccti h»» f “ "’“me"
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1939, Page 5
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