FINE A MAN WORTH £10,000?
OK SEN']) IIIM TO (IAOr'.H ' lliy Teidgraph.—l'reM .V:scK>iat;'';n.) • liivcrcargill, March .1, At the Magistrate's Court to-dav Mr. Criiickshank, S.M., received the Probation Officer's report regarding Colin Uernrd, who had been convicted of slcaliip' a motor tire. The Probation Officcr 'did not recommend accused to probation. His counsel (Air. H. A. MacDonahl) asked that: a line be imposed, if probation were not allowed. The Magistrate: It seems to me to lie a mean, , nasty theft. The Probation Officer's report is not good. Tie. is a .man who has* not hod the best of characters in the' past. , To fine a man worth .£IO,OOO would be of 110 use, as lie would not feel it. *1 think 1 should send him to pristoi:* , Mr. MacDimahllf you decide In take the latter step, your Warship, 1 will ask leave to appeal, as I have more facts in connection with (lie case to place bel'oiv you. y The Magistrate: There would lie no objection to ail appeal, if accused thinks he lias a chance of proving himself innocent. He will, however, lie convicted,.and sentenced, to six* wceVs'; imprisonment.; Leave to appeal was granted, and a surely of J;2otl entered into. .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1691, 6 March 1913, Page 5
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201FINE A MAN WORTH £10,000? Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1691, 6 March 1913, Page 5
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