THE TRANSVAAL REFORMERS.
THE above is a picture of the five leading members of the Johannesburg Reform Committee. All with the exception of Leonard were condemned to death, a sentence that was afterwards commuted to imprisonment for fifteen years. This latter sentence will be further revised. From the latest cablegrams it is understood that President Kruger desires that fines should be imposed in place of imprisonment, and although there is strong opposition to this course in some quarters, it will in all probability be the one adopted. With regard to Leonard, it is said that President Kruger possesses a proclamation which the Reformers intended to issue had Jameson been successful. This document shows that Leonard was to have been President of the Republic.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 631
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123THE TRANSVAAL REFORMERS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 631
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