AFRICAN FANATICS
MURDERS IN KRAAL “BLACK MAGIC” TRAGEDY (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received November 28, Noon.) CAPETOWN, November 27. Six natives were sentenced to death for the mutder of seven occupants of a kraal. Evidence established that the natives believed the owner of the kraal to be responsible for black riiagic, causing several deaths in the neighbourhood. A native advocate pleaded . for mercy on the ground that the natives were impelled by religious fanaticism, which would continue until another Eastern star'appeared. The Court indicated that it would support the recommendation for mercy.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 November 1929, Page 7
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