COLONEL LYNCH.
A TRAITOR'S PUNISHMENT.
SENTENCED TO DEATH
United Prtsa Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. (Received January 2<Uh, 9,6 a.m.) LONDON, January 23. Ex-Colonel Arthur Lynch has been found tiuilty on the charge of treason preferred against him,- and has been sentenced U> death. .SENTENCING THE PRISONER, AN IMPRESSIVE SPEECH. (Received January 25th. 4.58 p.m.) LONDON, January 24/ Mr Justice Witts, as senior Judge of th« Court, delivered an. impmsiv-:.* speech in scr.iun.nig ex-Colonel Lynch. His Honour entylu:--iz.d i;w gravity of the eiim?, and said the pri.s*.'ii?r was a chiz-.-n of no mean city, inasnirak as he was born in Australia. which had shown the -utmost devotion to th-e Motherland. Tlk- prisoner had sought, t° r the price of gold, in his country's-darke-rt hour, by joining the ranks of her foes to do-tliroi.-'L- Givat Britain a::d make her name ;i ln--wo:J ai.J ;'. ivpro-u-h. He had shed, or done his best ta sht-J his own couiitiyntin's hlocd. How many wives had been widowMi, liuw niaiiv tl.'iUlivn mnua orphans tliiciigh the h*.' had commanded, Heaven only kn.?w. Misjudging ins country, he had lifted a. parricidal hand, thinking daubtk:<s that she would shrink from the giiraniic K.tmggiD, or at the worst that pea« would bring an amnesty, covering his treason—ar.d thLs aga-iuHt Victoria, best beloved most deeply honouiid of all tlis long line of British sovereijin.-s, and airainst hie countn r , the homo of freedom and progress.
It is .expected tha.t the King will release Lynch after a. short imprisonment.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11491, 26 January 1903, Page 7
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