SALUTING THE JUDGE.
THE MURDERER OF Sift WILLIAM WYLLIE. THE DKATH SENTENCE. By Electric TelegraDn.— Copyright. . LONDON, July 84U Dhingra eiftered the dock at tb*J>ld Bailey smiling. When the indictment was road he remarked, unconcernedly, that the words did not apply to him. Whatever he had done was an act of patriotism. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. Thereupon, saluting the Judge, he exclaimed,; "I am proud to lay down my humble life for my country." Many Anglo - Indians advise that Dhingra's sentence be commuted to servitude for\life. as haqging him would be interpreted by the setutionists as martyrdom. PENAL SERVITUDE ADVOCATED. (Received July 26, 9.85 a.m.) LONDON, July 36. Mr. W. T. Stead) advocates penal servitude for Dhingra. He declares it would be bad policy to confer Crown martyrdom on him; imprisonment would be more punitive than the short, sharp shrift of the gallows.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13966, 26 July 1909, Page 2
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147SALUTING THE JUDGE. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13966, 26 July 1909, Page 2
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