DEATH PENALTY
TUHI TO BE EXECUTED EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION
BY TELEGRAPH.—PRX3S ASSOCIATION. Dunedin, April 12. An Executive Council meeting held by tho Governdt-General thir morning to determine finally' whetner the death sentence on John Tuhi for the murder of Herbert Henry Knigh' at Johnsonville should be carried into effect.
4t a full meeting of Cabinet in Wei iington recently, after careful consid eration of the Judge’s report of the evidence, it was decided that Cab.net could find no reason why the should not be carried into effect.
At this morning’s Executive meeting Lord Jellicoe concurred in the aclvie* tendered by Cabinet, and it was accord ’ugly determined that the sentencbe carried into effect.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 176, 13 April 1923, Page 4
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