THE NIUE ISLAND MURDER.
death sentence commuted. (press association telbqbam.) WELLINGTON, August 10. The case in which a native named Matiu was sentenced to death for the murder of a policeman at Niue Island, was reviewed by; the Executive Council. Subsequently Sir Francis Bell announced that the death sentence had been commuted to imprisonment for life.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17221, 11 August 1921, Page 6
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