The Severed Hand Case.
; / ■ . VERDICT AND SENTENCE/ (United Press Association.) i Christchoroh, this day.' - In the severed hand case the jury found') all the prisoners not guilty on the first count,that of conspiracy/and Hewatd alone guilty on the second count, attempt*': ing to defraud, His Honor, sentenced. ' Howard.to two years imprisonment;:" without hard labor. In passing the son:! tenco he remarked that he quito agreed with tho verdict with regard to the freys, He regretted tho law did permit him to give a more severe punMjVl / xnenfc ot allow him to Sentence Wi" (\ prisoner to haiid'labor..' • .
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2268, 12 April 1886, Page 2
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96The Severed Hand Case. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2268, 12 April 1886, Page 2
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