The Recent Outrage in Sydney.
I VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER, ] A COWARDLY JURY. |PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Sydney, August 10. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter in the case against Reid and Rich, both of whom were nearly concerned in the death of the man Pert, who j was kicked to death at Miller's Point. , They added a recommendation to mercy, i The Judge said he was unable to understand how such a recommendation could be made. The crime was of a brutal description, and the evidence seemed to warrant a verdict of murder. He sentenced Reid to 10 years' and Rich to five years' penal servitude. The mild nature of the verdict has caused some sensation, and it is openly stated that a number of the jurors were afraid their lives wonM be in jeopardy from the larrikin " push " if a different verdict was recorded.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 36, 11 August 1893, Page 2
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