TIMARU MURDER CASE
DEATH SENTENCE ON MATTHEWS
OPPOSED.
(IT TKUSGBATB.—PRBS3 ASSOCIATION.)
CHRISTCHURCH, 25th Feb.
At a large meeting held in Victoria Square to-night, the following motion was carried: —"That this meeting of Christchurch' citizens urges the Government not to carry out the death sentence on Reginald Matthews unless medical reexamination proves beyond all dispute that he was sane when he committed the act for which he has been sentenced."
A large'number held up their hands in favour, and the chairman announced that he had seen only about a dozen hands held up against it. He declared the motion' carried.
An invitation was extended to those present to sign the following petition:—
" We, the undersigned, desire commutation of the Isentence of death passed on Matthews. N.B.—Peo'-Je may sign this petition, either because they objeetto capital punishment in general, or because, believing otherwise in capital' punishment, they think in this particular case the sentence should be commuted in view of prisoner's heredity and environment." .
A large number signed the petition.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 49, 26 February 1921, Page 9
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168TIMARU MURDER CASE Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 49, 26 February 1921, Page 9
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