Out came the 'Ballaarat Times', Saturday, November 25, 1854. Work was stopped
at every hole: the miners left the deep and mobbed together round any reader
of the full report of the -
Trial of
MR. AND MRS. BENTLEY,
Hanse, and Farrel,
FOR THE MURDER OF
JAMES SCOBIE.
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Supreme Court, Melbourne.
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GUILTY! of Manslaughter.
Mrs. Bentley scot-free.
His Honour considered their conduct
was wanton and reckless. He should
mark his sense of the outrage of which
they have been found guilty, by passing
on each of them a sentence of
THREE (!) YEARS' IMPRISONMENT
WITH HARD LABOUR ON THE ROADS.
Great Works!
Trial of
Fletcher, M`Intyre and Westerby,
for BURNING THE EUREKA HOTEL.
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Supreme Court, Melbourne.
Criminal Sittings.
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GUILTY, with a recommendation
to mercy!!
The Foreman of the Jury appended
the following rider to the verdict: -
"The jury feel, in giving their verdict
against the prisoners at the bar,
that in all probability, they (the jury)
should never have had that painful
duty to Perform, if those entrusted
with the government offices at Ballaarat
had done theirs properly."
His Honour said: THE SENTENCE
of the Court is, that you,
M`Intyre be confined in H.M. gaol,
at Melbourne, for THREE MONTHS,
but I shall not subject you to labour.
(Great works!) You, Fletcher, to four
months; and you, Westerby, to six
months confinement...
...The Executive was sufficiently
strong to punish those who outrage
the law! (Great works at Toorak!)
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La vita in grammatica,
Facil declinazione;
La vita poi in pratica,
Storta congiugazione:
Della vita lo spello dal mondo sciolto,
Al mondo vivi, poiche non sei sepolto.
