SENTENCED TO DEATH
1 , ,-:-vsa ■ *»« MURDER OF AUSTRALIAN FEARFUL VENGEANCE EXACTED, mo» Aanociation— By Ooprrtjri* - PERTH, November 2. ■ (Received Nov. 2, at 7.50 p.m.) The death sentence was passed on-timed aborigines on a charge of murdering * : Sl Tlie” accused, who admitted their ' guilt, /.’ gave evidence that the husband of thd murdered woman had murdered the wi» : | of one of the accused and a sister of l&fcH. other two. The tribal law demanded: the death of his wife. The-husband ( leaving her to her fate. The.two accused).; held her, and the third her, through the body. This failed to kill he* , so they then twisted her neck till dislocated. ’ .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19009, 3 November 1923, Page 9
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