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Show FOR STEALING SIXTEEN CENTS. A Tonne Man Sentenced to Five Years Penal Servitude for That Oflfons. Lonrov, Oct. 27. Special. Great indignation is expressed at the action of County Judge Lovoland, ' who sen' fenced a prisoner convicted of stealing 16 cents from the pocket of a yonng woman, to five years penal servitude. The prisoner had been convicted before of petty offences, bnt he was by no means regarded as a dangerous character. char-acter. A Strong petition to the home secretary, praying the release of the release of the prisoner, Is being circulated. |