CATTLE-MAIMING.
FREE PARDON FOR EDALJI
Press Association—Copyright. Received May 19, 5.8 p.m. LONDON, May 18
The Select Committee appointed to investigate the case of Edalji, convicted of cattle-maiming at Great Wyrley, has presented its report. It finds that Edalji’s conviction was unsatisfactory, and that apart from letters which he wrote in 1903 and by which he partly brought the trouble upon himself, there was not sufficient evidence to establish his guilt. The committee is of opinion that he is not entitled to a free pardon, but think the case might be properly considered as an exceptional matter.
Mr. Gladstone feels that the case is an exceptional one and that he might give weight to the committee’s opinion that the permanent disqualifications following upon Edalji’s conviction might be removed. He advises King Edward as an act of clemency to grant a free pardon, but says it is' not a case for compensation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2084, 20 May 1907, Page 2
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151CATTLE-MAIMING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2084, 20 May 1907, Page 2
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