Hill Sentenced

NZ Truth, Issue 1145, 10 November 1927, Page 5

Hill Sentenced

A WEEK following his conviction by a jury on- six charges of a serious nature, Gustave Victor Hill came up for sentence m the Wellington Supreme Court. Slightly -nervous and flushed of countenance, he said: "Although the jury brought me m guilty of these charges, I am still convinced I am not guilty." Crown Prosecutor Maeassey stated that Hill had previously been convicted of a similar offence m Queensland, but owing to some irregularity the . conviction was quashed. Hill had also faced another charge m the lower court. there, but owing to the non-appearance of two witnesses the case was dismissed. ,

"All I can say," remarked his honor, "Is that I heard the evidence and I agree with the jury; there was no other verdict possible. "It i.s quite out of the question that nien like you should be at liberty and it is my duty to place you out of the way for some time. "The maximum sentence for the more serious offence on which you have been convicted is imprisonment for life with a flogging, and for the other offence ten years and a' flogging. •

"On the two more serious charges you will be sentenced to ten years' hard labor and on each of the four other charges five years, all the sentences to be concurrent, which means that you will serve ten years."