The Catnletowroche Murder.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1701, 6 May 1886, Page 3

The Catnletowroche Murder.

The judge, m sentencing William Sheehan to death for the Castlotbwn muder, xised the following words:— l owe it to the office I hold tofsay that you William Sheehan brought from the enils of the world by the arm of a venging justip^to stand yonr trial here m this country 1 and to meet a charge depending upotf evidence" long supposed to be buried m obscurity as profound as the grave, but which has arisen from the depths of the earth and the nioht of time.to bea^witne^s against ynu— l say "you are an awful example of the dieapfnl conwqnence of men being led by terapttttion or passson— the passion of greed or othei passionr- to commit such an awful crime as that you hare committed against your mother, brother, and sister, m taking, away their lives ■without suspecting lmnn. and,.^endlag them Wore /their ,God w^ all their sins unon their heads. .By yriur cruel, wicked,, and^- treacherous a«b you shattered/ the.^ roof tree, of yoniv native home.- Tm{r own approflching doom, and '£% death of. yonr mother, brother, and wafer, are -theend of your great crinie, and your end also. Ti-pe f r you, William Sheehau, is all- but over You have now to ptpp rn'for eternity, and dur- j m« tlie interyal. given you to make your peace with ,Qod, I exhort ymi to turn youi-. attention from the thought of human mercy, which can not lie awari!e.d you, to the Throne of Mercy before which we must all appear, and l\v which it i$ promised that the deep* bgariet.of your foul trans- | gressions may jje made whiter than snow. •-, ••"■• . : -.-