RESULT OF BRAWL.
BROTHERS SENT TO GAOL. (united press association— by electric TELEGRAPH—COPTRIQHT.) BRISBANE, May 22. At Koma, the Circuit Court jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, witli a strong recommendation to mercy, due to provocation, against the brothers Laycock. Both were sentenced to five years' imprisonment.—Australian Press Association. [Arthur and Robert Laycock and two other men were concerned in a drunken fight with tent pegs, in which Frederick Turvey, who was going for the police, was killed by a fearful blow.]
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19317, 23 May 1928, Page 9
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82RESULT OF BRAWL. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19317, 23 May 1928, Page 9
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