NAPIER SHOOTING CASE.
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE. (From Our Correspondent.) NAPIER, Wednesday. An appeal has been formally lodged by the solicitors for Colin Herbert Hercock against the sentence of 12 years' hard labour imposed upon him by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court at Napier 011 November 1. Hercock was found guilty of manslaughter after trial on a charge of murdering Mrs. Isobel Annie Aves. Mrs. Ave* was shot at her Westshore home with a bullet from a rifle which Hercock later admitted having discharged. • I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 278, 24 November 1938, Page 20
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89NAPIER SHOOTING CASE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 278, 24 November 1938, Page 20
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