Sensational Disclosures A PLOT TO BLOW UP A SHIP.
[Per Press Association] Melbourne, December 19. Some sensational evidence was given to-day, when five of the crew of the English ship Hesperides were sentenced to three months each for stealing cargo. Sehultz, who turned Queen's evidence, stated that accused had plotted to lay the blame on the captain's son, and gave details of another plot by three of the prisoners to blow up the ,ship after she arrived at Melbourne. One is alleged to have said that, together with another man, he set fire to the ship Habitant, which was burned here some time ago.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 147, 20 December 1895, Page 2
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