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           FrancisArmstrongCleary,aged26,professionalboxer,wasconvictedtodayinGoulburnDistrictCourtofthemurderofRonaldAlbertCumming,aged32,laborer,lastJuly.Thejuryreacheditsverdictafteronlytenminutes’deliberation,recommendingthemostseverepunishmentthecourtcouldmeteout.Itwas,saidMr.JusticeFitzHugh-Cunneally,asimpleopen-and-closedcase.CummingandClearyhadquarreledviolentlyinthepublicbaroftheHarborHotelonJuly23rd.LaterthesamenightSergeantTomBeardsmoreoftheGoulburnpolice,accompaniedbytwoconstables,wascalledtotheHarborHotelbyitsproprietor,Mr.JamesOgilvie.InthelanebehindthehotelthepolicediscoveredClearykickingattheheadoftheinsensibleCumming.HisfistswerebloodstainedandboretuftsofCumming’shair.WhenarrestedClearywasdrunkbutlucid.Hewaschargedwithassaultwithintenttocommitgrievousbodilyharm,butthechargewasamendedtomurderafterCummingdiedofbraininjuriesintheGoulburnDistrictHospitalnextday.

           Mr.ArthurWhyte,K.C.,enteredapleaofnotguiltybyreasonofinsanity,butfourmedicalwitnessesfortheCrownstatedunequivocallythatundertheprovisionsoftheM’NaghtenrulesClearycouldnotbecalledinsane.Inaddressingthejury,Mr.JusticeFitzHugh-Cunneallytoldthemtherewasnoquestionofguiltorinnocence,theverdictwasclearlyguilty,butherequestedthemtotaketimeconsideringtheirrecommendationforeitherclemencyorseverity,ashewouldbeguidedbytheiropinion.WhensentencingCleary,Mr.