THE ORMONDVILLE MURDER. Sentence of Death. [BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Napier, Tuesday.
The Supreme Court was occupied today m trying Kdwards, who murdered his wife and four children at Ormondville. VVheii asked to plead he said he was guilty, but was not in hia right mind when he committed the deed. This was, of course, equivalent to a plea of not guilty. H« Wi»B defended by Mr Lee, who, as the facts were undisputed, confined his en deavours to proving the prisoner a dipsomaniac, who was quite insane at the time of the murder. After a short retirement the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Judge assumed the black cap and passed sentence of death.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1862, 12 June 1884, Page 2
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116THE ORMONDVILLE MURDER. Sentence of Death. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Napier, Tuesday. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1862, 12 June 1884, Page 2
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