A Foul Conspiracy.
■" ;- ' ' • b— '- L •"• : (Per I Press Association.) Sydney, February 1. Johnston, sentenced to three years on a cbarge of alleged perjury, in connection -with the Butler divorce case, (which hos occasioned a good deal of controversy, and ied to a conspiracy case), has been released from custody. , Johnston had served about one year, and his release was bronght about by persistent ' agitation. * Mrs Butler is Johnston's sister, and although the husband obtained a decree in the Divorce Court, it was subsequently proved that Mrs Butler was innocent. The resnlt was that Butler and a man named Davks, also a woman named Peake, were arrested on a charge of conspiracy in accusing Mrs Butler of misconducting herself. Butler and Davis were sentenced to seven years imprisonment, and Peake to four years.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 180, 3 February 1896, Page 3
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132A Foul Conspiracy. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 180, 3 February 1896, Page 3
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