IMPRISONED FOR LIFE.
THE SENTENCE ON SIMPKIN. JURY'S MERCIFUL VIEW. RECOGNITION OF PROVOCATION. "Only one punishment is possible for such a crime as you have committed. You will bo imprisoned with hard labour for life," said Mr. Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court- yesterday in passing sentence on James Simpkin, found guilty of manslaughter of his wife, Emma Simpkin, at Manawa Road, Remnera. On behalf of the prisoner, Mr. G. P. Fin Jay said there was nothing to bo said concerning the case that His Honor did not already know. Simpkin's life history was now an open book. A grievous crime had been committed, and prisoner would have to pay. But there was one factor counsel asked the Judge to bear in mind in passing sentence. It was that Simpkin was now well past the meridian of life. "The jury in your case very properly rejected the defence set up by you, founded upon disease of the mind, and took the merciful view that what you did was done in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation," said His Honor, addressing the prisoner. "I do not propose to add to yonr difficulties by making any comment upon your action or upon the case."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18945, 17 February 1925, Page 11
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