THE RAND REVOLT
MURDERS AT BRAKPAN. CONDEMNED MEN REPRIEVED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyiig.ot CAPETOWN, December 22. Eleven men who were condemned to death in connection with the murders at Brakpan of mine officials during the March revolt, have been reprieved. This decision is generally applauded. In a petition to the Governor-General the condemned men said: “We are not murderers, as we understand the word. Wo did want to keep as much as possible the good things of life for our families, but as hunger pressed we fell readily into the organisation of others, who left us to take the risk and bear the blame. The men who incited us by speech did so with impunity.”— A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18746, 27 December 1922, Page 5
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118THE RAND REVOLT Otago Daily Times, Issue 18746, 27 December 1922, Page 5
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