“MERCY KILLING” OF WIFE WAS NOT MURDER
OTTAWA, March 22 '(Recd. 8.10 pm).—Ralnh Kilbon, aged 56, a former mining engineer, who admit* “a the “mercy killing’ of his wife, was found not guilty of murder.
co. .sei for the defence, addr- ssing the jury, said Kilbon shot his '-’ife in the head because l?e could not bear to see her suffer tne c u.n?s oj a mortal, self-in* fileted gunshot wound in the stomach Mrs. Kilbon suffered from an in; v ..' 9 chseare which caused mental deterioration and created tendencies towards suicide. She attempted to take her own life on the day she was to be taken to a mental hospital. The prosecutor said Kilbon’s shot may have hastened death by only a few minutes.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 24 March 1950, Page 5
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