THE EDALIJI CASE.
DEBATE IN TIIE COMMONS. ■ MR. GLADSTONE OBDURATE. By Telegraph. — Press Associalicn.— Copyright. LONDON, 19th July. Mr. F. E. Smith, Unionist member for Walton, raised ' a debate in tho House of Commons yesterday on the caso of Mr. Edalji, tho principal in tho Great Wyncy case. He declared that it was cruel to refuse to grant Mr. Edalji redress. Mr. Gladstone, Home Secretary, insisted that the case had been sufficiently investigated. It would be a most regrettable tiling to turn the House of Commons into a court of criminal appeal. George Ernest Edalji, son of the vicar of Great Wyrlcy, Staffordshire, was found guilty on sovcral charges of cattle-maiming which occurred in tho neighbourhood during tho summer of 1903, and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. After his conviction other cases of maiming happened, and anonymous letters which had been a feature in the trial of Edalji continued to bo sent to the police and others. This raised doubts as to tho justice of Edaiji'a conviction, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle then took up the caso and led an agitation (or the reopening of the case. Mr. Gladstone, Homo Secretary, at first declined to interfere, but eventually a free pardon was granted to Edalji. A demand for compensation naturally followed.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 18, 20 July 1907, Page 5
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