DASTARDLY OUTRAGE
08 CONVICTIONS. (Australian Press Association) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) .SYDNEY, Feb. 22. At Newcastle, ol 72 men who participated in Ashton,- Fields colliery disorders on Jan. Kith, when two men from that pit weie molested, stripped naked, beaten, and pursued into the bush, there were 08 convicted to-day by Police Magistrate Reed. Three ringleaders. A. Oazzel, Vincent Charlton and Henry Deas, were each sentenced to three months’ hard labour, and five others were fined £lB in default loin* months’ imprisonment. 'I lie remainder, with two exceptions, were fined £B, in default two month’s. The two exceptions, who had befriended the victims of the outrage were lined £'■’>. The Magistrate described the conduct of the ringleaders as dastardly, cowardly and inhuman, and said it was hard to believe that such outrages could be committed in a civilised ago.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1930, Page 5
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140DASTARDLY OUTRAGE Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1930, Page 5
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