THE CHRISTCHURCH MURDER.
PETITION FOR COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE. rpKR Press Association:! ' CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 22. A petition praying the Government to exercise the prerogative of mercy in. the ease of Roberts, condemned to death for the murder of Alice Edith Newman, is being prepared, and is to be ready for signature to-morrow. Mr. W. J. Hunter, who defended Roberts, and who is preparing the petition, was called upon by several people to-dayj who desired to sign it.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2666, 23 November 1909, Page 5
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76THE CHRISTCHURCH MURDER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2666, 23 November 1909, Page 5
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