Murder Expiated in Queensland Lynching Case
George Lavin Silva, an farmhand at Atabor Creek near Mackay, was hanged for the killings of Charles Ching wife and four children at Alligator Creek. The Australia execution followed a trial at the Mackay Circuit Court where Silva, found guilty of Maud Ching’s murder, prayed aloud as the noose was placed. the case sparked debate over evidence and allowed an appeal on confessional methods.
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