CONSPIRACY CASES.
WORKHOUSE GUARDIANS SENT TO
GOAL.
Press Association-By -Telegraph-Copyright LONDON,, May 18.
The. trial of the guardians of the West Ham workhouse on a charge of conspiracy has been concluded.
All ; the accused were convicted with the exception of Tarrant, who was discharged. Crump and Lewis Hill were each sentenced to two years' hard labour. Both were permanently disqualified from'holding office, and were declared incapable of voting for a period of seven years. Hodgkin was sentenced to eighteen, months, Anderson and Skinner to fifteen months, Watts and Riches to nine months, Frank Hill and Batrd to six months—all with civic disqualification.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13290, 20 May 1907, Page 5
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102CONSPIRACY CASES. Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13290, 20 May 1907, Page 5
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