INHERENT GRAVITY
Factor In Sentences
“The Court always inis to take into account the inherent gravity of the particular offence with which a person is charged.” commented the Chief Justice (Sir Jlicluiel Myers) when sentencing a prisoner in the Supreme Court, Wellington. yesterday. “It is a mistake, he added. Io suppose. as some do, that a substantial sentence means punishment, again tor previous offences, it does not; but the Court is bound to take into consideration a previous record, because the character ot a person who commits an offence is a iaetor in the determination of the quantum ot sentence. “The previous record ot a prisoner is a matter affecting his character. The inlicrent gravity of an offence may be greater by reason of the character ot the person by whom it is committed.’
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 98, 20 January 1943, Page 4
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134INHERENT GRAVITY Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 98, 20 January 1943, Page 4
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