STABBED ON A STAGE.
— a» THE DEATH SENTENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— - London, April 29. Jessop, a former employee of the Empire Theatre, at Camberwell, who stabbed Healy, the chief stage carpenter to death at.the conclusion of the performance on the night of March 23, has been sentenced to death. \ \ ' " .' *' The defence contended that the crime was consequent on hereditary epilepsy, but the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the death sentence was pronounced.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 5
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