IMPERIAL POLITICS.
[By Electric Telegrarh—Copyright [United Press Association.] (Received 11.5 a.m.) London,,. June 27.
In the House of Commons, Mr Macncill drew the attention of Mr Montague , Parliamentary Under-Secretary of India, regarding the three natives of Sclapur who were acquitted of murder and re-arrested five months later and found guilty. Lieutenant-Gov-ernor Hewitt had refused to grant a. respite for the purposes of appeal. Two were executed, and the third sentenced to servitude for life. Mr Montague promised a full investigation.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 44, 27 June 1913, Page 6
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