CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
petition for
THE ALLEGED STATE MElfT*
DENIAL BY THE POLICE, The petition which is in circulation' urging that the sentence of death massed upon Hakaraia Te Kahu for mnrderi ? Patrick Richard Elliot at Ongaro'io should be commuted was referred to the inspector of police at Hamilton yesterday. Questioned regarding the accuracy " c f the sentence: " Your petitioners are of opinion and venlv believe that after the last trial Hakaraia Te Kahu informed the police that he shot Patrick Richard Elii 0 fc accidentally," the inspector said ths.t Se knew nothing of such a statement been made, and his first intimation of it was when he read it in the Heeald.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17894, 23 September 1921, Page 4
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