UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
MR. CARROLL RECEIVES A DEPUTATION. THE EXECUTIVE’S PAINFUL POSITION. [PER press association.] Wellington, June 16/ A deputation froni the 1 Traded Council waited oh the Hon.’ James Carroll, and urged the reprieve of Tahi Kaka, the Maori youth sentenced to death for the murder of Freeman at Puhipuhi. Mr. Carrdll said the Executive, in setting aside the jury’s recominendhti‘6n s 'to 'meiM3y; had evidence' before them,' together with the Judge’s report;' hftd ’arrived tat their:. j y decision after’ careful’ ..... The strbngest'Argument’ in-.’favour p of granting the reprieve was Kaka’a youth, for the evidence at the court...., disclosed that the murder'Was most deliberate. He had received telegrams and petitions from all parts of the Dominion, and the Executive ■ would carefully consider, the question this evening. He could assure them this was a painful position for anyone to-be put in, but they Jutii a responsibility to discharge: They had to see the law was properly* administered and was not deflected from its course unlpss for very strong reasons. He could assure*' them his mind was free from bias arising. from the fact:that he belonged to the race from which Kakn sprang. >
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 154, 16 June 1911, Page 5
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194UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 154, 16 June 1911, Page 5
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