AUSTRALIA.
[Special to 3?eesb Association.] SENTENCED TO DEATH. MELBOURNE, Feb. 9. Bennett, who shot dead a boy named Jose, who was irritating' him, has been convicted on a charge of murder and sentenced to death. The Judge, in passing sentence, said he would recommend a reprieve owing to the groat provocation to which the prisoner had been subjected. SAMOA. The German, warship Falke is bound to Samoa. THE SPEIGHT-AGF LIBEL CAbE. Judgment has been entered for Mr Speight for AIOO and oosts, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, in the libel action against the Age, bub the money is to remain in the court until the other issues oa which the jury disagreed are decided. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Kemp, late Secretary to the Treasury Tender Board, on the charge of embezzlement. The amount involved is believed to be about .£IO,OOO,
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10269, 10 February 1894, Page 5
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