PROBATION GRANTED
HOUSEBREAKING TRIO COUNSEL’S PLEA SUCCEEDS (Fei - Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. “When I read the depositions I did not feel very much inclined to give any of you probation, but I really have been impressed with what counsel has said in regard to all three,” said Mr.. Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court yesterday, when three young men, Martin Thomas Atkinson, Sydney William Jarvis and Nui Karetai, appeared for sentence. Atkinson and Jarvis appeared on a , charge of breaking and entering and theft, Atkinson, Jarvis and Karetai on four charges of breaking and entering, and Atkinson and Karetai on a charge of attempting to break and enter. It was stated by counsel that Jarvis had been a member of the Air Force after working his way to England, and that he returned to D.unedin after being dismissed. He l)ad sip.ee eplisted and now had been accepted as a member of the flying reserve. His Honour stated that he should be able to do useful work for the Empire. All three prisoners were admitted to probation for two years.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20071, 18 October 1939, Page 12
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