Riga, Jan, 31.
Mr. Sampson, the authorized re~ presentative of the Lena Goldfields Concession, was sentenced to-day to eight months' compulsory labour and the Concession fined 25,000 roubles as the result-of the alleged complaints of workmen that their wages were not paid punctually.
Mr. Sampson's sentence simply means that his freedom is curtailed, must remain in the-same ployment for eight months: and-must not leave the town in which he is employed.
Mr. Sampson has appealed inst the sentence—Reuter.
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