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intravenously) (of which I have no personal

knowledge or recollection) and that under those

conditions I gave the same account of my movements,

and

(v) that he was of opinion that, when so examined

under the said circumstances of abreaction, if

I had been telling lies, he would have been able

to detect them.

(e) The circumstantial evidence presented against me to

the Jury by the prosecution was of such a nature as

to cause the Jury to deliberate for approximately six

hours before convicting me of the offence charged. By

reason of the Jury never hearing the evidence of Dr.

Pang they were deprived of the opportunity of weighing

and considering that evidence and I respectfully submit

that they would never have convicted me had they heard

that evidence.

(f) although I have a bad record for offences of dishonesty

(my last conviction for such being in 1962) I have

never (prior to my conviction for this offence) been

convicted of any offence involving violence, sexual

assaults or sadism.

(g) I. am now .49 years of age and I have a cohabitant wife

and one young child, both of whom I love. If Your

Excellency should see fit to acceed to this my petition

I respectfully request that Your Excellency should not,

in substitution of the sentence of death now imposed

upon me, substitute such a sentence of imprisonment

as would prevent me ever resuming my duties as a

husband to my wife and a father to my child.

(h) I am prepared to undergo any further tests under

abreaction, polygraph and other scientific means as