Death Penalty
WOUNDING OF CONSTABLE BURGLAR TO PAY FOR CRIME [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) Received March 21, 10.25 p.m, SYDNEY, March 21. At the Criminal Court, Sydney, James Lucas, aged 46, was sentenced to death for maliciously wounding Constable Arthurson with intent to commit murder at Bargo, near Goulburn, on January 6. Constable Arthurson, who has now almost recovered from the bullet wound, disturbed two men robbing a shop. Ho challenged them to put up their hands, upon which he was shot allegedly by Lucas, who was later arrested.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 7
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88Death Penalty Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 7
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