SEVEN YEARS.
SEQUEL TO A WEST AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY. JUDGE DISAGREES WITH JURY’S VERDICT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Conyrigh't. PERTH, May 11. David Norman has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of James Murtha, on March 19.' The judge commented on the jury returning a verdict of manslaughter instead of one of murder. (Norman was arrested on March 20 on a charge of murdering James Murtha at Wangan Hills. Deceased’s wife kept a boardinghouse and Norman was employed by her. Ope night Norman and Murtha quarrelled, and the latter was fatally shot.)
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16549, 13 May 1914, Page 9
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99SEVEN YEARS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16549, 13 May 1914, Page 9
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