THE LOONEY'S RECEIVE SENTENCE.
ANNIE LOONEY THREATENS THE JUDGE. Thos. and Annie Looney, brother and sister, were next put at the bar, and the Judge said he had no doubt that both prisoners were mentally deficient but he could not allow them to go on shooting at the sane portion of the public. Moreover, as no plea of insanity had been set he left the question of their being irresponsible for their actions to the proper authorities, and the Crown Prosecutor undertook to represent the case to the Crown. The prisoners were then sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Annie Looney, addressing the Judge, ' said " When sentence is finished you will never pass another sentence ; I will drop you dead." Judge Edwards replied, "Very possibly, I will stand the risk of. that."
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Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1899, Page 2
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132THE LOONEY'S RECEIVE SENTENCE. Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1899, Page 2
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