Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-15 | Page 16 | Girl Sentenced for Attempted Murder

GIRL SENTENCED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER CALCUTTA Feb 15 JP-Bina JP P Gina Bina Das Indian girl student who was accused of attempting to shoot Sir Stanley Jackson British governor on February February February Feb Feb- 6 was sentenced today to nine years of imprisonment at hard labor by a special tribunal The girl pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder and received the sentence calmly I fired on the governor impelled by love for my country which is re repressed repressed repressed re- re pressed she said I sought only a away away away way to death b by offering myself at my country's feet and thus end my suffering I invite the attention of all to the situation created by the measures of the government This can upset even a frail woman like myself I can assure all that I have no personal feeling against the gover- gover nor lor As a man he is as good as my father ather but as governor of ot Bengal he represents a system which has kept enslaved men and women of my country