DEATH PENALTY.
Man Hanged for Murder of Woman. EXECUTION AT WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, December 15. Sentenced to death for the murder on June 30 of Mrs Cecilia Smith, George Edward James was executed at Mount Crawford prison this morning. James slept well last night and submitted quietly to being pinioned. The procession from the condemned cell to the scaffold was headed by the sheriff, Mr W. W. Samson. Then came the superintendent of the prison, two warders, two Salvation Army officers, the condemned man. and the chief warder, hangman, and representatives of the newspapers. James mounted the scaffold unaided, and less than three minutes elapsed from the time the procession left the cell until the bolt was drawn. When asked if he had anything to say, James replied: ‘‘Good-bye, everybody. May God have mercy on my soul.” M— _
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 945, 15 December 1933, Page 7
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140DEATH PENALTY. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 945, 15 December 1933, Page 7
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