FANKHURST CASE.
gaol for three years.
SCENE IN COURT.
gy TcleftraDh.—Fresa Association— Conyi'lßht (Rec. April 5, 0.15 a.m.) London, April Tho I rial of Mrs. I'ankhurst, oharged Hiulor il)o Malicious Damage to Properly Act iviHi incitement In, crimo ill connection with tlio dynamito itutrago at Mr. Lloyd-Gcorpo's house, Walton-on-Hill, eoncliitletl lit tho Old Bailey, 'J'lio court was crowded villi women. Mrs. runklmrst declined to testify ou her own behalf, hut sho addressed (ho Court. Her speech was a protest that women wcro not tried by thoir peers, Slio gavo a culaloguo of man-inado laws, and said tho divorce law, alono was sufficient to justify a revolution, Sho minounccd that sho would retuso to oat directly tho was sentenced, and dfcclarcd that slio would "fight'and fight." Slio described tho forclblo feeding of women Iwico a day, and said sho would resist thb overwhelming forco used, and light until sho was fastened to tho hod. Slio ended, cxultingly: "I am not afraid of punishment. I welcome it, becauso. it..is the. only way." Tho jury found tho prisonor guilty, but mado a strong recommendation for mercy.' Tho Judge told the jury that such remarks wcro wholly outsido tho ease.. A sontenco of three years' imprisonment was imposed. Tho senteneo was greeted with a wild outburst of cries, hisses, ' and waving of handkerchiefs until tho : court was cleared. Suffragettes in Court cheered wildly, and sang "Tho Marseillaise." Tho Judgo threatened to commit them to prison if they did not' stop the indecent oikibition. MORE HOUSES SET 'ALIGHT. London, April -3. Two unoccupied houses in tho Hampstead Gardrn Suburb wcro discovered to bo aligljt early this morning. Tho fires wero extinguished, littlo damago beiut' done. . RAID ON AN ART GALLERY, i (Rec. April i, 10.25 p.m.) London, April _4. Suffragettes entered tho Manchester Atl Gallery and smashed tho glass of thirteen pictures. Cr. F. Watts'a "Evening Prayer" was damaged by a hammer. Threo arrests wero made.. ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1716, 5 April 1913, Page 5
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