AUCKLAND CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
By Telegraph,
Auckland, April 7,
Brown, an old settler and ex-raerchant, was arraigned on several charges of larceny and burglary. The only evidence for the defence was that of witnesses to character. These included the Hon Mr Whitakeiy the Hon Dignan Clark, and the Mayor who had known prisoner for thirty or forty years. The Judge said it was a very extraordinary case, and deferred sentence. Gardener was sentenced to two years for larceny as a bailee. Sutherland, for breaking and entering, to two years. In the case of Bell, station manager of Opaupo, for embezzlement, counsel for defence pleaded that the man had been drinking. He was sentenced to three years. LATER. In Brown’s case the Judge said he bad known a similar case of kleptomania. It was a well-known fact in physiology, that there were such forms of derangement, and in the fact of the evidence of leading citizens he did not think it necessary to commit to gaol. The prisoner would be liberated in two bonds for £3OO each. These were entered into by Daniel Nathan, and I. Baylaw. Purcell, a contractor, for forgery in connection with his bankruptcy, was sentenced to two years.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2511, 7 April 1881, Page 2
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200AUCKLAND CRIMINAL SESSIONS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2511, 7 April 1881, Page 2
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