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DE ,WET POUND GUILTY. (Received; June 23, 8.5 aan.) BLOEMFONTEIN, June 22. De Wet was found guilty of treason on . eight counts. Sentence was deferred. DE WET GETS OFF LIGHTLY. , (Received June 23, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON Juno 22. De Wet has been sentenced to six years imprisonment and a fine of £2OOO, DE WET’S EXPLANATION. y (Received June 23, 9,30 a.m.) BLOEMFONTEIN, June 22. De Wot was acquitted on the charge of an intention to join the Germans. After the judgment De Wet informed the judge that he lu»d been actuated >by. deep religious convictions. THE ORIGINATOR OF THE REBELLION. (Received June 23, 12.30 p.m.) BLOEMFONTEIN, Juno 22. The Judge, in sentencing De AVet, said; ‘Tint for you we should have heard nothing about rebellion.”
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144713, 23 June 1915, Page 3
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127SOUTH AFRICA Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144713, 23 June 1915, Page 3
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