WELLINGTON NEWS
I .(Per Press Association.) I Wellington, last night. George Ayton, aged 73, an inmato of ■ Ohiro Benevolent Homo, attempted snicido by oulting his throat. Medioal aid was sought. He was removed to tho hospital in a preoarious condition. Ayton had boon j despondent lately, aad was subjoot to peculiar hallucinations. I
| The Chief Justice this morning senI tenced Christopher Bynan, for theft at j Hastings, to two years’ imprisonment. I William Lynch, aged 60, was sentenced to | the maximum penalty (10 years) for indecent assault on a lad. His Honor said I ho would have ordered a flogging but for the prisoner’s age. The net profit acoruing to the New Zealand Bugby Union from the tour of the I Britishers is £1195, not 421500. I
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1433, 18 April 1905, Page 3
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