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"
Daddy
,
Daddy
!
"
Meggie
called
sharply
,
frightened
.
The
tone
of
her
voice
brought
him
out
still
fastening
his
flannel
undershirt
,
with
Bob
,
Jack
,
Hughie
and
Stu
behind
him
.
Meggie
pointed
wordlessly
at
her
mother
.
Paddy
's
heart
seemed
to
block
his
throat
.
He
bent
over
Fee
,
his
hand
picking
up
one
limp
wrist
.
"
What
is
it
,
dear
?
"
he
asked
in
tones
more
tender
than
any
of
his
children
had
ever
heard
him
use
;
yet
somehow
they
knew
they
were
the
tones
he
used
with
her
when
they
were
not
around
to
hear
.
She
seemed
to
recognize
that
special
voice
enough
to
emerge
from
her
shocked
trance
,
and
the
big
grey
eyes
looked
up
into
his
face
,
so
kind
and
worn
,
no
longer
young
.
"
Here
,
"
she
said
,
pointing
at
a
small
item
of
news
toward
the
bottom
of
the
page
.
Stuart
had
gone
to
stand
behind
his
mother
,
his
hand
lightly
on
her
shoulder
;
before
he
started
to
read
the
article
Paddy
glanced
up
at
his
son
,
into
the
eyes
so
like
Fee
's
,
and
he
nodded
.
What
had
roused
him
to
jealousy
in
Frank
could
never
do
so
in
Stuart
;
as
if
their
love
for
Fee
bound
them
tightly
together
instead
of
separating
them
.
Paddy
read
out
loud
,
slowly
,
his
tone
growing
sadder
and
sadder
.
The
little
headline
said
:
BOXER
RECEIVES
LIFE
SENTENCE
.
Francis
Armstrong
Cleary
,
aged
26
,
professional
boxer
,
was
convicted
today
in
Goulburn
District
Court
of
the
murder
of
Ronald
Albert
Cumming
,
aged
32
,
laborer
,
last
July
.
The
jury
reached
its
verdict
after
only
ten
minutes
'
deliberation
,
recommending
the
most
severe
punishment
the
court
could
mete
out
.
It
was
,
said
Mr.
Justice
FitzHugh-Cunneally
,
a
simple
open-and-closed
case
.
Cumming
and
Cleary
had
quarreled
violently
in
the
public
bar
of
the
Harbor
Hotel
on
July
23rd
.
Later
the
same
night
Sergeant
Tom
Beardsmore
of
the
Goulburn
police
,
accompanied
by
two
constables
,
was
called
to
the
Harbor
Hotel
by
its
proprietor
,
Mr.
James
Ogilvie
.
In
the
lane
behind
the
hotel
the
police
discovered
Cleary
kicking
at
the
head
of
the
insensible
Cumming
.
His
fists
were
bloodstained
and
bore
tufts
of
Cumming
's
hair
.
When
arrested
Cleary
was
drunk
but
lucid
.
He
was
charged
with
assault
with
intent
to
commit
grievous
bodily
harm
,
but
the
charge
was
amended
to
murder
after
Cumming
died
of
brain
injuries
in
the
Goulburn
District
Hospital
next
day
.
Mr.
Arthur
Whyte
,
K.C.
,
entered
a
plea
of
not
guilty
by
reason
of
insanity
,
but
four
medical
witnesses
for
the
Crown
stated
unequivocally
that
under
the
provisions
of
the
M'Naghten
rules
Cleary
could
not
be
called
insane
.
In
addressing
the
jury
,
Mr.
Justice
FitzHugh-Cunneally
told
them
there
was
no
question
of
guilt
or
innocence
,
the
verdict
was
clearly
guilty
,
but
he
requested
them
to
take
time
considering
their
recommendation
for
either
clemency
or
severity
,
as
he
would
be
guided
by
their
opinion
.
When
sentencing
Cleary
,
Mr.
Justice
FitzHugh-Cunneally
called
his
act
"
subhuman
savagery
,
"
and
regretted
that
the
drunken
unpremeditated
nature
of
the
crime
precluded
hanging
,
as
he
regarded
Cleary
's
hands
as
a
weapon
quite
as
deadly
as
a
gun
or
knife
.
Cleary
was
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment
at
hard
labor
,
the
sentence
to
be
served
in
Goulburn
Gaol
,
this
institution
being
one
designed
for
violently
disposed
prisoners
.
Asked
if
he
had
anything
so
say
,
Cleary
answered
,
"
Just
do
n't
tell
my
mother
.
"
