A SEVERE SENTENCE.
TO THE KDITOR OF THE I'KBSS. Sir, —Three Liberal J.P.s —two of them newly created—sentenced a poor old woman to-day to two months' imprisonment for stealing a loaf of bread ! Two months for 3d ! The names of the Justices are Messrs Thos. Gape 3, G. S. Ross, and E. H. Ricketts. Shame on them ! -Yours, &c,
Indignant,
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9585, 27 November 1896, Page 2
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60A SEVERE SENTENCE. Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9585, 27 November 1896, Page 2
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