CASE FOR FLOGGING.
RELUCTANTLY ORDERED.
Invercargill, May 28
At the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr Justice Williams, James Dee, 23 years of age, who was found guilty yesterday on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape, came up for sentence. His Honour said: “The Legislature prescribes in a case ot assault with intent to commit rape where violence has been used, that, in addition to hard labour, flogging may be inflicted. lam very reluctant to order floggings, but at the same time, when violence has been used, it is the intention ot the Legislature that flogging should be inflicted. The sentence of the Court is that you be sent to prison for five years, and be kept to hard labour, and in addition, that you receive twelve strokes with the cat-o’-nine tails.’’ A verdict of not guilty was returned in the case against Kenneth M’Leod, charged with carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of sixteen: Prosecutrix was a girl of fourteen, of bad moral character, and prisoner’s defence was that he bad reasonable grounds to believe her to be over sixteen. Victor Brown, who was similarly charged, was also found not guilty. Hearing of a charge of arson against Colin Gerard is proceeding.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1102, 29 May 1913, Page 2
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207CASE FOR FLOGGING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1102, 29 May 1913, Page 2
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