SUFFRAGETTE OUTRAGE.
1 SUBSTANTIAL SENTENCES. . IBy, Telesraph-JPreHa , Association—OopjrrlrhU ivi.:.- London, November 25. Tho two; Suffragettes concerned in the Bermondsey . by-election:, outrage have been convicted at the: Old Bailey Sessions.: . Mrs. Chaplin was sentenced to four months' imprißoiment, ' and : v Mis 3 Nbilnn •to . three months. • ' / ' • '- : v." ■[Kecent cablegrams , stated that the two prisonersy- who' > were : members'' of * the :■ Women's Freedom League, entered two booths at the Bermondsey by-election and emptied bottles of fluid into .tho- ballot-boxes. Only a few papers' were spoilt by \ the fluid,.- some of which, however, splashed) on--' the face of: Mr. Thorley, one of .tho presiding officers. The hospital authorities Btatcd that he would- probaDly lose one eye. Tho League officials admitted that a deliberate : plot was on- foot to invalidate the election, but they denied 'that -:vitriol: was used. (They stated that tho fluid used was an alkalino solution of pyrogallol,: not a • corrosive.] ■'A ; \
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 5
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150SUFFRAGETTE OUTRAGE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 5
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