BEASTLY MURDER.
THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH SURROUNDED ATHLETE AND CUT lIIS THROAT : LONDON, Dqc. 2. John Rowlands, Edward Rowlands, and Daniel Briscoli were sentenced to, deatli for the murder of David Lewis. ' . ' / , All declared that they were innocent. William Price was found not guilty alrid discharged.—A. and N.Z. C.A. , (Four racecourse frequenters were charged at 'Glamorgan ' Assizes with the murder of Lewis • a Cardiff footballer. The prosecution '• described it as tlie most 'brutal ; and, beastly murder imaigin'ahle. The four surrounded, Lewis, who'was a fine . athlete, ’helcl 1 his . arms behind his hack, and deliberately cut his throat and then JefMliim to,'die by the roadside.) ..
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10451, 5 December 1927, Page 5
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105BEASTLY MURDER. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10451, 5 December 1927, Page 5
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