SUPREME COURT
TAXI DRIVER ASSAULTED
(By Telegraph— Per Press Association )
AUCKLAND, Match 7
"We see by the newspapers that this sort of crime goes °» in Australia, hut so far as I am concerned, ica.ses >(hat come before me wiill he .seriously dealt with, said Mr Justice lt, v d, in sentencing Li'idie* Jack Davis, 19, who admitted assaulting a LoG-driver, with intent to rob. "For such an (life nee, you are liable* to lilt* uiipri ionmeuL and .’three Hoggings, 'f we have furl her eases <d Gi.s k'.ld, Muggings will certainly he ordered.” The Judge passed a .sentence of four years' hard labour, but was informed that the charge was not one of robbery with violence.
His Honor said dm the charge* had i wrongly laid. He hud the prisoner hrougli hack, told him that he was fortunate, and sentenced hint to the maximum of three years hard labour.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1932, Page 5
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