THE SENTENCE CARRIED OUT. Christchurch, This Day.
William Sheehan, the murderer of Miss Agnes Liwcock'at Amberley, was executed at Lyttelton Gaol this morning. The arrangements were carried out without a hitch, death being instantaneous. The murderer was very calm, and exhibited little or no emotion from the time he emerged from the cell till he stood on the gallows.
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Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 18, 21 July 1897, Page 6
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59THE SENTENCE CARRIED OUT. Christchurch, This Day. Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 18, 21 July 1897, Page 6
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