THE DEATH PENALTY.
MURDER! IN AUSTRALIA. ONE MAN TO HANG. SEVERAL SENTENCES COMMUTED United Press Assn—Elem 'l‘cl. Copyright. SYDNEY, quJ l. The New South Wales Executive Council has reviewed the Jth‘i if six men who have been condemned to dc; h for murder. The Council decided that James Leighton Massey, aged 21. who s‘hotl and killed Norman Stead‘ai‘ter attemptlng to rob a service station at Darlinghurst on February 10. should be} hanged. His execution will take place; on June 15. { Aubrey Potter, aged 22, who was convicted with Massey for the Dar-; linghurst garage murder, but who did} not shoot or carry arms. had his sen-‘ tenrc commuted to imprisonment with hard labour for 15 years. i James Enrsman. aged 07, who was sentenced to death for the murder of. John Hewett. 94 years old, who was} found battered to death in a hut atl Gilgandra on January 19. had his sen-l tencc commuted to imprisonment, for life with hard labour. In the following three cases, sentences were commuted to penal ser—vitude for life:— Lionel John Roberts. aged 17, who murdered Robert King, aged 22, grazier, near Tamworth. on February‘ M. Roy Malcolm Souter, aged I‘l, who shot Christopher Bolger. aged 22.‘ grazier. near \Vagsa. on December 30, and threw the body into a well. ‘ Percival Henry Thompson. aged 55. who was sentenced for the murder of. his wife and mother—in—law at Parranmttu. on December 2'7. :51:
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 7
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237THE DEATH PENALTY. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 7
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