"GINGER MOORE" NOT TO BE HANGED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15132, 24 October 1912, Page 7

"GINGER MOORE" NOT TO BE HANGED.

IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.

' A FLOGGING ORDERED. '■•< ' I. .;/.-'- .■■,-■ ■>. ; /■-/•/'.-'•"■.' -i -.'"■' '■': :-: /". '■■'-■ *■» < ; ■ • ■- - - i 'Br. Xelejrepa —Press A«eci»tlon.—Copyrljhl • M2tEOU3S>-z.' October 23. / '* Gingep. *' Moore, who was found ; guilty \of attempt to. :murder Mr. Geoffrey i Syme, on August 21; and;who was senj tenced- to death,' haef. had his sentence l rei dacod . to.one of life. imprisonment, ,with ; the addition of a flogging. - - ;..is\ ______

, Full particulars of - the encounter between Mr.' Syme and the burglar Ulcere- (a 'notorious burglar)/in Sir.. Syme's house in Melbourne, early on the morning of August 21, have already' been published.' /Mr. Symej: on being "awakened i by/the : ; movements <of the burglar /in/ his / bedroom, grappled with : the intruder,.' and ', a very; exciting "struggle .:- ensued. : Moors' -was eventually overpowered and handed over to the police, During the encounter Moore fired several shots from a revolver, one of which grazed Mr. Syme's arm. One of : Mr. Syme's fingers was also almost bitten through; and one of his toenails was torn off, whilst he-'likewise'; received several punctures in the breast inflicted by his assailant with a pair of snips. . " , .