The New Plymouth Highwayman
uiau EIGHT YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. (PKR PKESS ASSOCIATION.) Nkw Plymouth, This Day. Tn the Supreme Court the Wallath case occupied yesterday afternoon and even* ing. The accused, who was charged with sticking up the Criterion Hotel and shootin" Harold Thompson, was ably defended by" Mr Weston. The jury, who were about two hours considering their verdict, found the accused guilty. For shooting with intent ho was sentenced to eight jears' hard labor, and for demanding money by threats three years, the sentences to run concurrently. A nolle />rosc<jiti is likely to be entered by (hd Crown in the case of burglary with which the prisoner had been charged. When the sentence was passed Wallath cried bitterly.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 84, 6 October 1893, Page 2
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119The New Plymouth Highwayman Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 84, 6 October 1893, Page 2
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