PRISONERS SENTENCED

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 33, 3 November 1919, Page 5

PRISONERS SENTENCED

IMPRISONED l r Oi; ONE DAY. '■ In the Supreme Court on Saturday, His Honour the Chief Justice (Sir iiobert Stout) passed sentence on lliree prisoners Mio had pleaded guilty to charges in the Lower Court. Leo Shaddick. who pleaded guilty to cliarges of theft, forgery, and uttering, was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Shaddick. whoa- age is 21 years, had been in trouble previously, I>ut aa his employer, who had known him for nine years, was willing ,to reemploy him, and on condition that he returned to his'.employment and eon- | tinned , to behave himself, His Honour dealt leniently with him. Mr. H. F. O'Leary appeared for the prisoner. Thomas Ridont, who pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to hag-sualch-ing on Mount Victoria, was not represented by counsel, but sent in a written statement, whicli His Honour said he did not believe. liidout. in his statement, said he was under (he influence of '.iqiior when he committed the crime. He gave a weird story to account for drift telling the "bag. "If yon think any Judge would be. led astray by such tomfoolery as this von are mistaken." remarked. His Honour. There were four previous eonviclions against l?ido'it for hag-snatching, and o»o occurred in the same locality where the last offence was committed. Honour warned Iho nri?oner that if he came before the Court again he would be declared a haVt-ual criminal. Tfidmit ve-s trite'ieed to four years' reformative Irentmcnt. , The next to be nut forward for "siitenee were .Tames M'Laiwhlin,' a mmiber of the crow of ilie s.s. Mahe'io, and bis bride, nee Elizabeth Ash. The bride i.r under 21 ywrs of ago, and in order lo obtain the necpssary certi:Heate at Hie "Registrar's office both n">d° false statement- 51 . Mr. T. Ncave luweavcd for MH.auehlin, and Mr. P. W. Jack.-™ for Mrs. M'Lnughlin. Hi? Honour desired to have the ln'Yjl'irv record :>f M'Langblin, which Mr. .T. Prendev'l'e. of the Crown Law Office, said was a bad one, and conside-"Rtiou of M'laughlin's case was accordingly adjourned until this nicrning. "With Tewprt to Mrs. M'l.aughlin, His Honour sn'rt that the report-? rc s p»Bl. n" her were that, fil'o was a woman of "rod character, ami thnf she had b?"'i in"-' r -'I by the man she bad married. He iw'ntfd out. lo her Hunt her parents bad e Tisht to Iccnw about Hie ninrrin'o. and they may have had a rghf to nrevnl the marriagn because of lb" clmrnfler and conduct of M'l/"t<;h)iri. '"'"iiti'miii'* His Honour c aid •"J may M! vrm mid the public prenenilly lhat !' :• fa 11 '"" e" mother objected to any of the' 1- ehildr"" marrying th-'.t in not fiim.". '['i-pv wh'-- 1 nnply lo a Judre, and (.!■" ,T'"lrre wu'd allow the mnrr/nw to f.ik" nlac-e whfe ther- 1 w"re "or' trwn-' for the objection." Mr-'. M' T nu"Min was 0 ""- tenced on" I'.a.v's i,mnri""""or.t. «-ir/.i) meant that she was immediately ri>tn?«d.