WILL A NEW TRIAL BE DEMANDED?
'' OUTRAGEOUS AND VINDICTIVE SENTENCE."
Received Tuesday, at 11 a.m. LONDON, Monday. Mr ArKwright writes to the papers stating that Captain Stewart, who was convicted of espionage at Leipzic, is a man of the highest integrity, and was beloved by his contemporaries at Eton and honoured by his professional colleagues. The writer says the Government must demand a new trial. The Globe describes the sentence its outrageous and vindictive. The newspapers are generally astonished at the weight tiie judges gave to tho unsupported testimony of iin escaped convict.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11266, 6 February 1912, Page 5
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