Suspension of Sentences.
COAYARDICE FORGOTTEN. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, February 14. Recently a London Magistrate expressed surprise that a prisoner lie convicted had been sentenced to death by court-martial for cowardico during war time and then released. Inquiries in official circles disclosed that since 1914 89 per cent, of war death sentences had been commuted. The case of military prisoners lias been reviewed at least thrice Bince the armistice, largely at tho initiative of Mr Churchill, resulting in none being now imprisoned for military offences. Only 63 aro undergoing penal servitude, of whoin 57 will bo released within a year. It is estimated that 50,000 soldiers, including numbers sentenced to death, benefited under the Suspension of Sentences Act.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 170140, 17 February 1921, Page 7
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