THE GLEBE MURDER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 January 1912, Page 5

THE GLEBE MURDER.

MOIR SENTENCED TO DEATH

SY CA.BLE—VBESB ASSOCIATION—COPYBTGHT.

SYDNEY, Jan. SO. At the trial of Moir for the murder of Trevascus, the medical evidence showed that prisoner was a mental weakling. Counsel far the defence argu-2l that such a weakling would be unable to conceive the clever circumstances surrounding the tragedy. He •declared, that Trevascus was a "fence," who *.-ot JV'oir into his chi-ohes and used him for his own evil purposes. Moir, afraid that the nature of his dealings with Trevascus would be discovered, went to Melbourne under an assailed name.

The jury found him guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy on the grounds of his extreme youth, and the probability that deceased exercised a strong evil influence on the prisoner's mind.

Moir, in reply to the usual question, proclaimed his innocence, and the sentence of death was passed.