HOWARD LEAGUE & CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
—, ♦ The attitude of the Howard League for Penal Reform towards the : carrying out of 'capital punishment was'expressed by the Rev.; J. Allan at .the annual meeting, of tho Wellington branchTpf,.the. league.; last evening. Statements Had r .Been made in the Press, that the leigiie,.i l S*tis :: exp«cti ed .to support a petition for/';a. :.repr.ieve in the Auckland murder-case. ; He would like to .call attention to'the fact [tliat in the objects of the league ■> there was •no mention of Oppoaitibn to capital punishment. In this respect, the ''.league was entirely neutral. The'league .was neither for nor against .capital .punishment, and did not. specifically stand fpr its abolition.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 11
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