SUPREME COURT

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1932, Page 6

SUPREME COURT

PRISONER S“SE N TE N Oh D

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CHRISTCHURCH, August 25 The ,following .prisoners were sentenced ; ' . •Alfred-. William Pei row, 33, a .salesman',' for reckless driving causing death near Ashburton, to eighteen months’ hard labour. Addressing .'Pel-row, th 6 Chief Justice .said : “Tre Crown Prosecutor •d scribed you as, a hit and run motorist, and, in .my opinion, that was by no means an unfair discriptioii. Whether ’Y-Hi , knew or whether yon did nut. know, you had run a man down, you Knew that, you had collided with something. Nevertheless, you went on your way,', and,, ■but for the vigilance of a. young Christchurch constable, y«u alight hav e .escaped detention. To my mind this is a bad case, and you must be ; puniidled accordingly.” ■ Tn addition the prisoner was dis(,i,aJificcl j from- obtaining a motor driver's' five years'. . Abraham Leonard : Tajbob, 23, negl>>en.t driving of 'orry • cau'-ing death, was "fined '£3o and ip’aced on probation for a term and disqualified from drivine fot three years.

William Thomas Lindsay, cx-Wa para county clerk, for i * forgery of voting papers ' was ordered to : come, up foi sentence if called on,; 'within twelve months.

. sentencing Lindsay, need 51 year 3 , Die Qhief Justice' said ‘‘This man had been severely ! punished by the '.oss of bis position andajjik reputation, 'and 1 think the ends oßJjnsrice will be sufIflrieiitly . met if 1 fordrty him to ■ come up for sentence' if called upon within a year rand to pay; the co-ts of the prosecution £2 19s; > v The Crown; I‘ros.jsAvtPr. in reply to a question, lifid informed the judge that .apparently the; real reason for Lindsay a.gQin putting the offences was because he" thought; certain men in the '•ouncil’s..*ctnploy wou.d. lose their position4..r iQp.unsel for; defence said theie was no question off personal gain involved. , ■,• •>’, j • ■(.

Chadless. .Firth Wbgdhead, ex-solicitor, for theft iftf £494 and £BS, to eighteen niontbs/yrreformative detent,on.

Counsel-fpf; Woodhead said tlie prist oner ..ivas, rqarried man with a young family. He- had a brilliant scholastic career; . and., jkarted in a good office, hut unfortunately left and entered an office where, iha office routine was net good. The methods' of handling cash were very. lax. He ' yforked there for some t’.ma, and "earned 'very 'bad ~Jn ,q]rtrg'» pfb>-?nch # offices at Rakai'a and iyaiapoi. There were no irrsguthese brunch offices, Eventuj ally ;• the , practitioner,, for.(wlioin.. ..Wood-, ~; & ad.,>y,ork?.d died suddeniy'/jjptd WoojA bsqitlr tosjk (s-ovier ..;hat Woodhead did hot I 'have the exrphi’iepce necessary. There was a short•jlf r, e viu that office of r dnie £19,000.-. Woodhead thus -■.enteredmuddle:

His ■'Honour : But lie did not tak e ,Pvbt- ; . the liability for the £IO,OOO.

Counsel: No, but be got into the middle of thisL-rtuddle.v,',Hft;,S-pent■ -a "reat deal of time ’.trjfinp to*" unravel thjese- muddles, 'and in the eirdsyt became a case of .fobbing to' pay. Paul. Woodhead got no monetary\ad-■-vantage out. of it. <