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MAN BARRICADES HIS COTTAGE. HE IS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS’ PENAL SERVITUDE. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, June 24. Delieli, who barricaded a cottage at St. Blazey, Cornwall, was sentenced to six years’ penal .servitude. He pleaded guilty, and sai,d he was maddened by boys teasing him. Deucli, armed with a rifle, barricaded his cottage and kept the police at bay for a- week, when he. was starved into surrender. In the meantime lie had wounded four burgesses. Ho was regarded as a madman.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2538, 26 June 1909, Page 5
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86EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2538, 26 June 1909, Page 5
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