Africa.
DE V/ET GETS SIX V ~ 'SS. FINE OF £2OOO IMPOf'-J. UnIT«o PrTU AsgOOTAtiO/*. (Received 8.45 a m.) London. Juno ‘ ’ I)c Wet was sentenced to six y imprisonment and was lined K
TOO LENIENT SENTENCE.
INTENDED TO JOIN CERMA.
UNDER CLOAK OF RELIGION. (Received 9.30 a.in.) Bloemfontein, June 22nd. J)e Wet admitted it was ids intention to join the Germans. After judgment had been given, Do Wet informed the judge that ho had been actuated by deep religious convictions.
THE JUDGE’S REMARKS.
“BUT FOR YOU
(Received 12.30 p.m.) Bloemfontein, June 22. The judge, in sentencing De Wet, said: “But for you, we should have heard nothing about rebellion.”
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 45, 23 June 1915, Page 4
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108Africa. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 45, 23 June 1915, Page 4
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