The Archive · 1924

Lenience to Daughter

Addressing Margaret Davis, hi Léndship said: T do think that in tome degree 1 can discriminate in "the sentence 1 pays on yourself and Jour mother. You are not the per-Zon" charged: with the offence your other: was charged with, and the Temptation must have "been extremely great that you should assist frvevery way you possibly could to Drevené your matter being cone Mctede id think therefore Tam Justified fu taking into consideration fret that the temptations was Almost more than you cond and Deenuae it was your. mather you Were attempting, to save. Tale help "thinking, on the court, that your snd ther was the leading spirit in this Conspiracy and was the" mainstay fnvearrying It out. Tiagree with the verdict of the jury that. "you Were a party to it and no' doubt new what Was going. on, bUt-on Recount of the temptation you have ind, T-do think 1 can mitigate the sentence T otherwise should pass Sou. The sentence T do pass Is Sronths! imprisonment with hard Mrs. Rowath accepted the result fu stolid. fashion, but her daughter allapsed on heating er own sen-fence pronounce

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