INCITING TO MURDER.
KERSIE SENT TO GAOL. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 4. John Kersie has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. John Kersie. of Liverpool. was charged with inciting a man named Connolly to murder Mrs Kersie, in order to secure her newspaper insurance money. Kersie elaborated a plan whereby Connolly, attired in a white sheet, should suddenly appear before the woman and, while she was in a state of terror, push her over/the stair bannisters. If this did not. break her neck Connolly was to finish her off with a hammer. Connolly was to receive £IOO for the job. He apparently agreed to the terms, hut unfolded the plot to Mrs Kersie. who informed the police.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19230507.2.78
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 17034, 7 May 1923, Page 9
Word Count
124INCITING TO MURDER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17034, 7 May 1923, Page 9
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in