RONGAHERE MURDER
4 ; — JOHN SHAEP SENTENCED TO DEATH. By TelcnraDh—Press AssociationDunedin, August 6. In the Supreme Court to-day the clkuto against John Sharp, a farmer, aged of the murder of his little daughter, aged 7, by beating her over the head withi a sticlc at Kongohere on May U most of the day. The jury for about fivo hours beforo it with a verdict of guilty, with a stnnu recommendation to mercy. . .Tudgo Sim, in pronouncing the (Hath sentence, Mid .the .jury had ■ Rt the only decision it coulti. l.ic rccommondation to mercy would bo krwardiil to tli# Executive.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 269, 7 August 1920, Page 7
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99RONGAHERE MURDER Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 269, 7 August 1920, Page 7
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