SUPREME COURT
By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. AUCKLAND, Sept. 17. Judge Heed heard an appeal by John William Hope against six months’ sentence by Sir Hunt, S.M., for failing to comply with a summons or maintenance order made in England. Hope disputed that he was the man named in the summons. He had been before three different magistrates, all of whom were satisfied be was the man. After hearing new evidence, Judge Heed dismissed the appeal, saying be was satisfied Hope was the man. Huia Keith Allan and William Joseph Whyte, two labourers, were each sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on eighteen charges ol thefts from vessels. Judge Heed said it was a very serious offence. It was difficult to catch perpetrators and when caught they should be severely punished as a ■deterrent to others.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1928, Page 1
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134SUPREME COURT Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1928, Page 1
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