Tlii’ Home Secretary. Sir .lolin Oilmonr. in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said lie would refuse to brio? forward legislation lo prohibit Hie hanging of women senieneed lo death after conviction for murder. r rhe question arose out of the execution of Mrs. Ktliel Major, of Hull, on Wednesday fur having poisoned her husband.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19458, 24 December 1934, Page 8
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