BROKEN HILL RIOTS
FOOTERS SENTENCED. A JUDGE'S . OPINION OF TOM MANN. United Pit ess Association Copyright (Received May 8, 9.5 p.m.) "SYDNEY, May G. Stokes and May were found guilty of rioting at Broken Hill on January 9th, and were sentenced—May to two yeans’ and Stokes to three years’ hard labor. The jury had recommended them to mercy owing to the excitement prevailing at the time. -J ustice I ring, in sentencing them, said: “The men at Broken Hill have been mislead by Tom Mann, who, they .would some day find out, was their worst enemy, and lived on keeping up strife.” His Honoi remarked: “'The sooner you wake up to the fact that this agitator lives upon vour hard earnings, and is your enemy, the better for you.” ' ■ Howland, a ‘ Socialist, was found guilty of using seditious language at Broken Hill.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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142BROKEN HILL RIOTS Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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