N.S.W. CRIMINALS
death before gaol. SYDNEY, June 11. Nelson, or Harley, the Broken Hill murderer who buried the body of Jus mate near one of the water tanks in the Wilcannia district, was iconvicted after two trials, at the first, of which the jury disagreed. He) was sentenced to death. While he, was waiting for the sentence to be carried qut, ho petitioned the Lang Labour Government not to reprieve him.
However, his sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life. At Bathurst gaol lasts year, when ;i committee was inquiring, several “lifers,” including Speechlcy, murderer of Constable Wolgasti said that they would much prefer not to have had their sentences commuted.
Another similar case was that of the murderer Williams, Kvho cut the throats of his three children at Paddington. Ho also said he wanted to ho hanged- Ho got his wish.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 37, 20 June 1927, Page 3
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