COTTON PICKER’S DEATH
SOLBOH FOUND GUILTY .t'ENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BRISBANE, November 23. (Received November 24, at 1.30 a.m.) Patrick Fitzroy Solmon was found guilty of the murder of Patrick Dowling, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Solmon pleaded that he was suffering from the effects of liquor and had had a scuffle yyith. Dowling, but did not know what happened/ [The dead body of Patrick Dowling, employed as a cotton picker at Dawson Valley, was found on July IB in his hut, which ho had shared with another man. The head and the body were dreadfully battered, and there was an axe nearby. The police later arrested his mate, Patrick Solmon.] , •
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Evening Star, Issue 19722, 24 November 1927, Page 5
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