THE BYFLEET MURDERER
VAQUIER EXECUTED. PROTESTING TO THE LAST. Fmm JUcocUtion—By Telegraph—'Copyright LONDON, August 12. Vaqnier’s execution was carried out without a hitch. Ho became hysterical as the hour approached, shouting protests. He had to be supported to the scaffold.— A- and N.Z. Cable.
The execution of Vaqnier puts an end to a sensational trial. Vaqnier -was charged with the murder of Alfred Jones, proprietor of the Blue Anchor Hotel at Byfleet, in whoso body (which was exhumed some months after burial) traces of strychnine were found. The evidence disclosed intimate relations between Vaquier and Firs Jones, who was subjected to a very severe cross-examination at the trial. Vaquier was fouad guilty and, although the Home Office was inundated with petitions for his reprieve, the law was allowed to take its course.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19250, 14 August 1924, Page 7
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