REPRIEVE OF A NATIVE.
THB B.ULAWAYO EXCITEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, January 25. In regard to the resentment felt in South Africa at the reprieve of a native sentenced to death for assaulting a white woman, the Bnlawayo correspondent of the "Daily Hail" reports that popular anger was accentuated by the publication of Lord Gladstone's private letter' to a Ehodesian official stating that it was time the Rhodesian women learned to lock their doors and windows at night.
PALLIATING CIRCUMSTANCES NOT DISCLOSED. (Rec. January 26, 9.25 p.m.) Cape Town, January 26. , The Johannesburg "Star" says the na- . tive .pardoned by Lord Gladstone confessed to having committed rape. The Judgo said he was unable to hold out tho liopo ,of"a| reprieve.- ■• ■ •■- ■'- The information available to the" public does hot disclose palliating circumstances. The Rhodesian law provides for the death penalty in the case'of a native convicted of an attempt alone. The "Star" adds that Lord Gladstone has failed to appreciate the conditions of the country.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1036, 27 January 1911, Page 5
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164REPRIEVE OF A NATIVE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1036, 27 January 1911, Page 5
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