MULDER OF A WIFE.
EFFECT OF WAR SERVICE
LONG PERIOD OF MISFORTUNE.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed, 5.15 p.mj LONDON, Dec. 16.
In imposing tho death sentence on Arthur Robert Canham, aged 55 years, a papermaker, for murdering his wife, Mr. Justice Shearman stated:—
"My view is that this man's moral selfcontrol was broken down by war service and his subsequent, misfortunes, and I shall thus report to the Homo Secretary." Canham stated in evidence that he served in the South African and the Great Wars. Ho had a pension of £8 a quarter, and of this he gave his wife £7 10s. He had not had regular work for two and a-half years. His wife had recently been "nagging" over his failure to earn money. On the morning of the crime he went in search of work. He was told he was too old, and was on'v fit for the dust heap. He returned and found no breakfast for him.
"My wife told mo to clear out," he said. "I lost my temper, and struck her with a hammer. I tried to commit Fuicido with gas fumes
"That's what you get for serving your country," ho concluded
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18895, 18 December 1924, Page 11
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