MURDER IN MANCHESTER.
FRATERSON’S case. SECOND APPEAL DISMISSED. A REJECTED PLEA. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. —Copyright. (Received March 25, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, March. 24. The discovery of a thumb print on d blood-stained piece of cardboard led to an event unprecedented in English criminal law. George Fraterson was sentenced to death last year for the murder of a shopkeeper in Manchester. He ununsuccessfully appealed, but was later reprieved by the Home Secretary. He was allowed a second appeal, in consequence of the claim that the print was not from Fraterson’s thumb. This has now been dismissed. The Court rejected a plea that Fraterson’s confession was due to delusion.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17978, 25 March 1930, Page 8
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109MURDER IN MANCHESTER. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17978, 25 March 1930, Page 8
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