CALLED AS WITNESS
MAN SENTENCED TO PEATH.
(tJJtIUD PBtSS ASSOCI/ITION.^COMIUSIr.)
(AUSTRALIAN - Kllf ZEALAND CAIUE ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, 21st September. For the first time in the history of British crime, a njan sentenced to death was called as a witness by the Crown The case arose at. Liverpool on 11th June, when two armed men raided the post office. A man was - shot,' and J?h«lan, a blacksmith, who was one of the raiders was caught and sentenced to death hat as there was no evidence ot who fired the fatal shot, the-sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Fhelan s evidence was required to-day for the prosecution of two men charged with providing the firearms used in the raid. When he came into ths'box he refused to answer questions, and the prosecution., aaked to U allowed to treat the witness as hostile. The case was remanded, at the request of the prosecution, and Phelan wa? returned to gaol.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 73, 24 September 1923, Page 7
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