“Sir, — I have with much pain read the sub-leader in your Thursday’s issue. To the credit of journalism be it said, it is very unusual to observe remarks in newspapers prejudicial to any person awaiting trial.”
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A summary of news reports pertaining to Ned Kelly’s upcoming hearing, the armour, the injured Reardon boy, the burning of the inn and more.
“I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another ; but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may have a bright side, and that after the worst has been said against a man he may, if he has told his story, in his own rough way, that, will perhaps lead them to reverse the bent of their thoughts against him and find as many excuses for him as he would plead for himself.”
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