THE WELLINGTON TRAGEDY.
TEN YEARS' HARD LABOUR.
(by telegraph.—press association.)
Wellington, this day. Finlay was brought up for sentence thia morning. His counsel, Mr Jellicoe, attacked the local papers for accounts of the affray published at the time, contending they had inflamed the public mind against) the prisoner. He produced a certificate of character from America. The Chief ■Justice said no doubb Finlay had received provocation, but not sufficieno to justify his reckless shooting. He was sentenced, to ten years' hard labour.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 288, 3 December 1892, Page 4
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