THE WATERLOO OUTRAGE.
In sentencing the cabman who was connected with the Waterloo outrage, His Honor said : — "Prisoner, you have been found guilty of a most wicked offence, and one which has not stopped at the crime which you attempted. It is quite clear that if it had not been for you the girl would not have been subjected to the terrible outrage which has so shocked tho community. Your conduct was the first cause of this horrible crime, and you must be mado responsible for what has happened to her. You either took this girl out to the place you did for your own purposes, er else you drove her th-ere Jor the purpose of handing her over to others. As far as I can I will make you a warning to others, and make young women feeh as far as I am concerned, that the strong iirrn of the law is around them. I -will not hesitate to pass on you the heaviest sentence the law will allow. Looking upon the consequences of your crime, and the results which have followed it, i' will sentence you to be kept in penal servitude for fourteen years, with twenty-five lashes to be administered on December 20, and twenty five laahes to be administered on April 1. 1887. Had it not beeu that you appear not to be a strong man I would have given you a, much more severe ae' ». tence as regards the flogging.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4738, 11 December 1886, Page 4
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245THE WATERLOO OUTRAGE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4738, 11 December 1886, Page 4
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