CAPITAL OFFENCE.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 23.
Thomas William Johnson, aged 40, labourer, was hanged to-day ior the murder of Robert Gray, aged 73, and Charles Bunney, aged 61, at Dunolly on October 0.
Johnson’s statement at the trial at Ballarat was that he killed Gray with an axe because he was making a noise at their camp and afterwards billed Bminey because he had witnessed the murder of Gray.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 47, 24 January 1939, Page 5
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68CAPITAL OFFENCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 47, 24 January 1939, Page 5
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