The trial of Dinuzulu ended at Greytown on Wednesday in
his conviction on the charge of harbouring rebels and Bare- baata's relatives. He was accordingly sentenced by the Court to four years' imprisonment, to run from the date of his arrest fifteen months back, and a fine of £100. The other counts, on which he was acquitted, included collecting arms, levying and making war, and conspiring with others to make war. Dinuzulu was tried before a specially constituted Court (consisting of Sir W. J. Smith, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Natal, Mr. H. G. Boshoff, of the Native High Court, and Mr. H. C. Shepstone), the competence and impartiality of which could not be called in question. He was defended by the ablest counsel in South Africa,—Mr. W. P. Schreiner, late Premier of Cape Colony, and Mr. Eugene Renaud, of Natal. In face of these facts, and in the absence of a full report of the proceedings, it is both premature and unreasonable to complain of the harshness of the sentence.
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