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CHAPTER XII. A
NEWSPAPER PARAGRAPH.
xtracted from the Hobart Town Courier of the 12th
ENovember, 1827:—
‘The examination of the prisoners who were concerned
in the attempt upon the Malabar was concluded on Tuesday
last. The four ringleaders, Dawes Gabbett, Vetch, and Sand-
ers, were condemned to death; but we understand that, by
the clemency of his Excellency the Governor, their sentence
has been commuted to six years at the penal settlement of
Macquarie Harbour.’
END OF BOOK THE FIRST
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