RUSSIA
THE PLOT AGAINST TEE CZAR,
SENTENCE OF THE COURT MARTIA:
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyriglil
ST. PETERSBURG, August 30. (Received August 30, at 10.52 p.m:) Lieutenant Nikitenko and two others have been sentenced to Im' hanged for organising an attempt against the Czar's life.
Three others, including a. -woman, have been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, and another to four years, in connection with a plot to overthrow the existing regimes, while four women and. a man have been sentenced to lifelong exile in Siberia. Sis have been acquitted. ■.
Tho court-martial on 11 men and seven women in connection with tho plot atpiinst the Czar in May last began last week'. The majority of tlho accused denied their guilt but one named Nikitenko, a naval lieutcn' ant, admitted that ho had obtained material for uso against the Czar and M. Stolypin (tho Premier).
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13996, 31 August 1907, Page 9
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