THE CROYDON MURDERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 177, 26 July 1907, Page 5

THE CROYDON MURDERS.

Pri.oner Sentenced to Death.

(Received 5.46 a-m.)

LONDON, July 25. '• BBard Brinkley, carpenter, of FulWe has been sentenced to death for __ murder of Mr. and Mrs. Beck, at ftoydon (London, SJS.), by the administration, of. cyanide of potassium.

\ [Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beck were allege to have died after drinking stout __fai_ing prnssic acid, and Richard {Bimkler, °n the Coroner's warrant, was __inittedfor trial on the capital charge. it the' inquest Sir Thomas Stevenson, lie Home Office analyst, again stated the results of his examination of the todies" of Mr. and Mrs. Beck, as given „•__; evidence at the police-court, and teid that the.lowest fatal dose on record rf.prussic acid was 30 minims. Turning to the very small quantity o* the fatal stout which he had analysed, Sir nomas said it undoubtedly contained prussic acid. The bottle of stout must j_ve' been very highly charged with poison, and there must have been several-, fatal doses in it- The stout must Save been a dangerous liquid. Other •evidence went to show that Brinkley had been suspiciously interested in the death jof an elderly woman named, Mrs. Blume, whom he had persuaded to make a will ,in his favour, and that there was reason to suspect participation in similar crimes "With a mercenary motive-]