MURDER OF WIFE
MAN DECLARED INSANE. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 7.15 p.m.) London, March 8. George Tandy was found guilty of the murder of his wife and was declared insane. He was sentenced to be detained at his Majesty’s pleasure. A daughter gave evidence that she and her brother protected their father at times from their mother’s drunken fury. The Judge said the prisoner was entitled to sympathy. He had been both a mother and a father to his children. 'file body of Mrs Tandy was found buried in a greenhouse. The police gave evidence that accused in a statement said his wife had made his life a hell. She was always drinking and had told him that she would do something to their little lad, so he thought it best that she went first and so he killed her.
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Southland Times, Issue 21649, 10 March 1932, Page 7
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141MURDER OF WIFE Southland Times, Issue 21649, 10 March 1932, Page 7
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