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I JIMMY GOV Ell NHI EXECUTED. i-JV ,»V EY, January IH. Jimmy Governor. fentenced to thath lor bis share in me Gilgaudra murders, was executed tl. » imrniug. _ As the coiidemne; man left his cell and walked to the scaffold, he made an r.ivempt to appear c-al.n, and was smoka cigarette as he u u ins plat tie drop. In ivp'v ;j t-.e usual r,nesi he said ho had nnihiug tc say. As the fatal moment approached he gave evidence of minting. The bolt was drawn, and death was instantaneous. (Received January IS, 10.f,6 pan.) SYDNEY, January 18; Amongst the spectators was George Mawfcey, a brother ,J f ihe man whose family was so relentlessly massacred. After the execution he remarked: “New I am satisfied. I would never have been satisfied unless I had seen this. 1 ’
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4259, 19 January 1901, Page 5
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