THE CONVICT HOLT.
THE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN HIS RELEASE. . ;* PROMISE OF MINISTERS. [PRESS association. . ". Sydney, October IST The solicitor employed by Holt, exmanager of the Bank of New Zealand, has published correspondence; showing that Mr. Clark, Minister oft Justice,. promised that Holt should be released from gaol if sixty members of the Oppo- ; ; sition in Parliament ■ signed a petition to the Minister praying that Holt, might be released. This was done, and Sir Henry Parkes, Premier, endorsed th« '■ promise made by the Minister of Justice, ho bseqently withdrew his" , oonsent to the course proposed. Holt's solicitor, in a letter accompanying the publication of this correspondence, accuses the Government of torturing Holt by ; holding out, false 1 hopes that his term of imprisonment would be commuted. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9189, 19 October 1888, Page 5
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125THE CONVICT HOLT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9189, 19 October 1888, Page 5
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