The Times, Tuesday, Jul 16, 1935; pg. 5; Issue 47117; col C Margate Gas-Poisoning Case Sentence Reduced The Court of Criminal appeal, the Lord Chief Justice Mackinnon and Mr Justice Finlay, yesterday reduced to two months imprisonment in the second division the sentence of three years' penal servitude passed at Maidstone Assizes by Mr Justice Charles, on Amy Gertrude Ethel BOURNE, who pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of her two children by gas poisoning. In a fit of depression after a quarrel with her husband, the appellant, who had been a good wife and mother, and had always borne a good character, decided to take her own life and that of her two children. A Lodger burst open the door and the attempt was frustrated. The Director of Public Prosecutions having notified the court that he did not desire to be represented, the application for leave to appeal was treated as a final appeal. The Lord Christ Justice said that the Judge at the trial took a quite proper and grave view, but the members of the Court were all of the opinion that the sentence of three year penal servitude called for revision, and it would be reduced to one of two months imprisonment in the second division. The case might be treated as a case in which leave to appeal had been granted, and the sentience would run from the first day of Maidstone Assizes. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 4/6/06