LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. KARERE MURDER CONVICTION. THE CASE OF NORMAN DECKE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. The death sentence on Norman Robert Decke, farm hand, aged 19, for the murder of Edwin John Blakeway, at Karere, on August 23, has been commuted to imprisonment for life. The body of Blakeway was found on the Karcre Road near his cycle, on the morning of August 24. tour bullet wounds were found in the body. At the trial of Decke, the Crown relied on the motive of Jealousy, both men having been friendly with Miss Betty Meehan, whose home was near the scene of the tragedy. Ihe jury returned a verdict of guilty with a strong recommendation to mercy. His Honor intimated that he agreed that there was the clearest evidence of the murder of Blakeway by Decke.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21115, 24 February 1932, Page 8
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