STRANGE SENTENCE.
[PEB PBESS. ASSOCIATION.—COPYBIGHT.J
(Received October 19, 11.40 a.m.)
Mblbovbnb, This day._ A outious sentence was passed on a girl who attempted suioide. Ihe Judge held that the law regarded suioide in a similar light to murder ; therefore, he formally sentenced her to death, leaving it open for the Executive Council to grant a free pardon. Subsequently the Judge, after consulting authorities, released the girl on sureties to come up for sentence when called upon.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7499, 19 October 1895, Page 3
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76STRANGE SENTENCE. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7499, 19 October 1895, Page 3
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