CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
HANGINGS IN AUSTRALIA Presi Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, April 30. _ A further development in the agitation against hangings is a letter to the Minister of Justice from Mr Vincent Cahill, of Dubbo, who is a nephew of the late Mr Montague Henwood, and initiated a fund in Dubbo for Hickey’s defence. The letter suggests that, while Hickoy was a likeable personality, he was quite irresponsible. The letter informs the Minister that, while the writer considers be has a family connection, he has been impelled l on Hickey’s behalf to reveal his knowledge of the condemned youth in a way that_ may react in Hickey’s favour. Hickey was a member of the Dubbo Scout troop, of which Cahill is Scoutmaster.
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Evening Star, Issue 22327, 1 May 1936, Page 9
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