CELL TALK RECORD.
Dictograph Evidence Brings
Death Sentence.
SEQUEL TO BBUTAL MURDER.
(Received 2 p.m.)
VANCOUVER (8.C.), November 24,
Convicted through a dictograph hidden in a cell at Dauphin (Manitoba) Peter Kortens, Daniel Prvtuk and Daniel Kanuka were sentenced to hang for the fatal beating of the 81-year old farm wrtman, Anna Cot tick, during a burglary after her husband had been clubbed unconscious.
This is the first time in Manitoba that dictograph records have been admitted as evidence. The police listened-in while the accused discussed the crime, agreeing that they should not have done it. A j«)lice stenographer recorded every word ensuring accuracy, mid another stenographer made a similar record in an adjoining room.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 279, 25 November 1938, Page 7
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