CASE FOR FLOGGING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1762, 29 May 1913, Page 5

CASE FOR FLOGGING.

reluctantly ordered.

(By Tcl«gTaph.—Proas AscooiatloQ.) Invercargill, May 28. At the Supreme Court to-day, Before Mr. Justice Williams. James Dee, 23 years of age, who was found guilty yesterday on a oharge of assault,with intent to commit rape, come up for 'sentence. His Honour 6aid:-"The Legislature prescribes ino case of assault with intent to commit Tap© where violence has been used, that, in addition to hard labour, flogging may bo inflicted. I am very .reluctant to order floggings', but at the same time, when violence ha 9 been used, it id the intention of the Legislature that flogging should be inflicted. The sentence of the Court is that you be sent to prison for five years, and be kept to .hard labour, and in addition, that you recede twelve strokes with the cat-o'-nine tails." A verdict of not guilty was returned in the case against Konneth M'Leod, charged .with carnal knowledge of a . girl under the age of sixteen. Prosecutrix was a girl of fourteen, of bad moral character, and prisoner's defence was that he had reasonable grounds to believe her to be over Bixteen. Victor Brown, who was similarly charged, was also found not guilty. Hearing of a charge of arson against Colin Gerard is proceeding.