SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL SESSIONS
Sy TelezraDb—Press Association. Duncdin, August 0. At the Supreme Court to-day, Victor Panning leaser Kctt was convicted of indecently assaulting a girl aged six. The foreman, ui announcing the verdict, added: "Tho jury afo of opinion that injthese cases of assault on children the birch should bo used." Air. Justice Sun said it wouid be i> matter of flogging. The foreman: *'It is our recommendation that something should be done to stop theso assaults if possible/" Tho Judge remanded the prisoner for sentence, saying he would consider tho jury's recommendation. Alexander Valentino Walquist and John Joseph M'Clusky were acquitted on a charge of sotting lire to a hut. ■ William. Edward Gillespie was. acquitted on a charge of attempted familiarity with a girl just uud-':'sixteen years. Christchurch, August G. , A verdict of not guilty was returned at tho Supreme Court by the jury in the case of Jack Condo - ), charged: with indecently assaulting a girl under 16 years of ago. ■ The jury added a rider that accused'should leave the court without a stain on his character
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 267, 7 August 1919, Page 7
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179SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL SESSIONS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 267, 7 August 1919, Page 7
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