The Invercargill Murder

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1420, 2 September 1905, Page 2

The Invercargill Murder

Sentence of Death , Cool Behaviour of Condemned Man By Telegraph,—Prera Asiooiation. ! Invegcarqill, this day I Daniel Swan has been found guilty of tho m'urdor of his wifo on Juno 28tb, by, with" out warning or quarrel, a'taoking hor with a flat iron, and aftorwards cutting ho r [ throat with a razor, No witnesses were . called for the defence, Accuseds counsel, Mr, Barclay, a-gued that tho Grown had produced no aviaoneo that Swan otft his s wife's throat, and suggested sudden mania f ns tho causo of thoorimo, Mr, Justico i. Cooper said that that was a matter that i might bo argued before a Judge. Tho j jury retired for on hour, aud rctur nod with 'i a verdict of guilty, Judgo Cooper then • passed tho death sontonee, Swan was little, if at all, agitated, and ou getting in* . to the adjoining room asked (as ho did when taken'to the polico station on the c night of the tragedy) for a cigarette, s •