NELSON.
This day.
In the Lyell murder case, the jury retired at midnight, and after an absence of forty«fire minuses returned a verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner, in reply to the judge, said that he had been con» victed on the oath of a perjured prostitute, and two perjured constables. The judgei sentenced him to penal servitude for life, saying at the same time that the jury had taken a very merciful view of his ease, as the evidence fully justified a verdict of wilful murder. The case has created a lot of excitement, and the Court was crowded the whole time.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4512, 21 June 1883, Page 2
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102NELSON. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4512, 21 June 1883, Page 2
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