A WOULD-BE MARTYR
DMNGRA'S CRIME. r ', i THEATRICALISM AT ULD BAILEY. DEATH SENTENCE. (Ily j Ajauclatlpn.-OoDyrleht.) (Hoc July 20, 0.0 p m.) ' x London/ July 24. Tho Indian student Dhingra, who fatally shot Sir W. H. Wjlllc and Dr. Lalpaca nt tli© Imporial Institute, entered tho dock at the. Old Ilailey smiling. ■ ' When the indictment, charging him. with imirdor,' was te.ul, ho remaiked unconceinodly that tho words did not apply to him. Whatever ho had done was an act of patriotism. Dhihgra was found guilty, and the Juago passed sentence of death. Thereupon tho condemned man, saluting, exclaimed: "I am proud to lay down my humble life for my country." Many Anglo-Indians adviso that Dhingra's sentence should be commuted to penal servitude, as, if ho is hung, his punishment will bo mado to appear as martyrdom. KRISHNAVARMA'S PRINTER SENT TO , -' GAOL. , ; : London, July 23. Arthur, Fletcher Horsley, printer and publisher of Mr. Krishnavarma's paper, "the "Indian Sociologist," has been convicted at the Old Bailey,sessions'of publishing a scandalous and seditious lihel.' . A' sentence of four months' imprisonment in tho first division was imposed.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 569, 26 July 1909, Page 7
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182A WOULD-BE MARTYR Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 569, 26 July 1909, Page 7
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