THE O'KELLY SENTENCE. London, October 29.
Mr J. J. O'Kelly, member for Roscommon, who was sentenced to-. four months imprisonment, fqr inciting witnesses to refuse to give evidence under the Crimes Act, has appealed against | the verdict, and to-day the case was aigued in the higher Court. His< Honor in reducing the sentence from 4 to 2 months expressed sympathy with Mr O'Kelly, but said the law, however objectionable, must be respected. He believed that language similar to that , used by Mr O'Kelly would pass unnoticed if used in England, and His Honor agreed with the prisoner ' th^t if such an Act as the Crimes Act wa s brought into operation in England it would be regarded with suspicion.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 313, 3 November 1888, Page 6
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119THE O'KELLY SENTENCE. London, October 29. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 313, 3 November 1888, Page 6
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