COALFIELDS OUTRAGE.
DASTARDLY CONDUCT.
SENTENCES ON ACCUSED
(Received February 22. 1.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 21
Of the 72 men who took part in the Ashton Fields colliery disorders on January 10. when two men from that pit were molested, stripped naked, beaten, and pursued into the bush, 63 were convicted to-day by the Newcastle police magistrate, Mr. Reed.
Three of the ringleaders, A. Gazzel, Vincent Charlton, and Harry Deas were each sentenced tr imprisonment for three months. Five others were fined £lB, in default four months' imprisonment. The remainder, with two exceptions, were fined £B, in default two months. The two exceptions, who had befriended the victims of the outrage, were fined £3. The magistrate described the conduct of the ringleaders as dastardly, cowardly and inhuman. He said it was hard to believe that such outrages could be committed in a civilised age.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20496, 22 February 1930, Page 11
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143COALFIELDS OUTRAGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20496, 22 February 1930, Page 11
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