Illuess of W. R. Wilson.
(PBR PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) MELBOURNE, January 6. The well-known sporting gentleman, W. R. Wilson, is seriously Si.
The Sheridan. Case.
(PBB PRKSS ASSOCIATION.)
SYDNEY, January 6. A large deputation of members of Parliament waited on the Premier this morning and asked for the reprieve of Sheridan on the ground that he did not intend to kill the woman and at the worst it was a case of manslaughter. New South Wales was the only place where a man would be executed for such an offence.
The Premier said an illegal operation was regarded as murder under; the Criminal Act, and the Government must carry out the law, especially in the present case. He pointed out that Sheridan had no sooner been released after serving a sentence for performing an illegal operation than he began to practice again.
Subsequently a very protracted meeting of the Cabinet was held, when n was decided that there were not sufficient grounds to reopen the case, and the law must take ita course. Sheridan will therefore be hanged in the morning. •
January 7. Sheridan was executed ihis morning, death being instantaneous. The condemned man was remarkably cool and composed and made no statement.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 3208, 7 January 1896, Page 2
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Illuess of W. R. Wilson.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 3208, 7 January 1896, Page 2
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