BYFLEET MURDERER.
PETITION FOB REPRIEVE. fBT CABLB-rPBBSS ABBOCUTIOS—COWWOHt) (AURMUM ASO H-Z- ««■ ABSOCttTWiJ,) (Received August Bth, 7.55 p.m.) LONDON, August 8. The petition for Vaquier's WP™™ bears 30,000 signatures, including 30, members of the House of Commons. Mr Edward Shortt, writing in the "Daily Express*," states that experience for four years of the Home Secretaryship convinced him that the final decision should not rest with one man. The final arbiter should bo a commission consisting of the Home Secretary, the Lord Chief Justice, and the judge at the trial. It would be a matter for consideration whether the death penalty should be carried out unless the Commission's decision was unanimous.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18147, 9 August 1924, Page 13
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