THE ATTACK ON THE QUEEN.
The lad O'Connor, who attacked the Queen, has been sentenced to one year's % imprisonment aud 20 strokes with a birch rod. At first he pleaded guilty, but his friends sought to prove him insane, and a jury was empannelled to try the qnes- H . tion. They found him sane, whereby he has in reality the lighter punishment. During the proceedings, the lad frequently; - laughed, he is said at last to hayel_ come' to" some sense of Ma folly.: Thewhole affair was so contemptible that his fate has excited very little interest. V
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1220, 18 June 1872, Page 2
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97THE ATTACK ON THE QUEEN. Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1220, 18 June 1872, Page 2
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