BROODING MURDER.
MAN WITH DELUSIONS. THREATENING LETTERS. ' LONDON, Dec. 12—John Fairclough, employed as a pbrter, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for sending a letter .threatening murder to Mr. H. Day, who is a theatrical producer. A detective gave evidence that, after conviction for theft, tho accused threatened the prosecutor’s wife, and recently had threatened several actors and actresses.
A police doctor gave evidence that tho -man was suffering from a delusion that theatrical persons were persecuting him. Mr. Justice Shearman, in sentencing the accused, recalled that a lunatic with a grievance murdered William Terriss. Sometimes threats ■ like Fairclough’s matured. ■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16918, 24 December 1925, Page 7
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101BROODING MURDER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16918, 24 December 1925, Page 7
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