A PRISONER'S RELEASE.
SYDNEY, September 29
The position of the Government 53 likely to be challenged over the action of the Attorney-General in recommending the release of Friedman, a well-known merchant* and moneylender, who was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on a charge \>i receiving a large quantity of stolen property. The Judge, in passing sentence, said if it had been within his province to decide the case, he would not have found the accused guilty, but he must abide by the decision of the jury. Within 24 hours after the passinig of the (sentence Friedman was released. The press and public have raised a great outcry against what they claim is a deliberate ignoring of the jury system. / The matter is to 'be aired in the Assembly to-morrow.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 232, 30 September 1902, Page 3
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