AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 23 April 1925, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

QUEENSLAND’S CHIEF JUSTICE. BRISBANE, April 22. Justice Blair has been appointed Chief Justice in succession to the late Judge McCawley. The Solicitor-Gen-eral, Mr W. AVcbb, has been appointed to the judiciary, and made president of the Queensland Arbitration Court. MURDERER REPRIEVED. SYDNEY, April 21. The State Cabinet has commuted ti imprisonment for a long term of years, the death sentence passed on William Patrick Marshall. PROVOKED HUSBAND KELLS WIFE. SYDNEY, April 22. At the trial of Withers, whose arrest was cabled on February 12th, the accused pleaded not guilty of murdering his wife. In a statement, he said his wife was guilty of misconduct with EdWard Missen, for whom sho worked. He said that on the night of the tragedy, he went to see his wife at Missen’s house, and as Missen had previously threatened to shoot him, he took a revolver for protection. While talking to his wife, sho bumped his revolver, which exploded, killing her. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter under intense provocation. TRIAL OF VEPNON. MELBOURNE, April 22. I 1 The trial has commenced of Howard Vernon, whose arrest was cabled on March 27th.