The following cable message which appeared in the Auckland journals last week will give an idea of how justice is sometimes besmirched in England :— “Judge Grantham sentenced Mrs Tumen mother of Walter Turner, the Leeds murderer, to penal servitue for life, on the ground that she was an accessory after the fact, because she shielded her son after the murder. The terrible severity of the sentence hag caused a loud outcry. The Press were unanimous in scathing condemnation of the Judge, and the result is that the sentence has now been altered to twelve months. Reynolds’ Newspaper contrasted the conduct of Mrs Turner with that of the Prince of Wales in shielding Sir W. Gordon Cumming. The matter was brought up in the House of Commons, but Mr Goschen refused to waste time in debating a motion on the subject.”
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 645, 11 August 1891, Page 2
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140Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 645, 11 August 1891, Page 2
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