THE D UNEDIN WIFE-MURDER
« AN APPEAL FOE CLEMENCY. [BY TELEGRAPH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Dujjedin, 16th March. Mr. A. C. Hanlon, who acted for the murderer Charles Clements up to his trial in the Supreme Court, has written to the Executive Council giving his reasons for the belief that the condemned man is a monomaniac, and urging that the case is one in which the prerogative of mercy might be exercised. The condemned man Charles Clements maintains, since his conviction for the murder of his wite, the same demeanour that was noticeable during the trial, says Tuesday's Otago Daily Times. So far he has expressed no contrition for the act the penalty for which awaits him. On one occasion he attempted to do violence to himself by knocking his head against the wall, but did not inflict any serious injury. As is customary in the condemned cell, he is now watched night and day by two men, and so has no opportunity of self-destruction, even if he desired it. His manner has not in any respect changed since sentence, and the only anxiety he has betrayed is with regard to the date of execution. He has been visited by^the Yen. Archdeacon Robinson.
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Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 64, 17 March 1898, Page 5
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