THE CASE OF LIONEL TERRY. THE DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.
Information was received in Wellington this morning that the Governor, acting on the recommendation of his Ministers, had, commuted the sentence ' of death passed upon Lionel Terry for the murder of ft Chinaman in Haimng-jstreet to imprisonment for life. Tho prisoner is understood to have received the announcement with indifference. His health continues good, but it is stated that he still expresses a hope that he may be hanged. Terry will continue to be kept in the Terrace Gaol. . .
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 142, 18 December 1905, Page 7
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88THE CASE OF LIONEL TERRY. THE DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 142, 18 December 1905, Page 7
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