“Short and Sharp” Asks Counsel
DICKMANS SENTENCED
GAOL FOR HOUSE-BREAKERS
“I understand that prisoner dressed himself as a clown and sold art-union tickets in the streets, remarked Ris Honour Mr. Justice Stringer, referring to George Edward Dickman, one of a quartette found guilty of various charges of breaking and entering and theft. The reference arose out of a statement made by prisoner’s counsel, Mr. Dickson, that prior to the offence prisoner had led an honest life since his first offence committed some eleven years previous.
“It is quite a legal and honest way of earning a living,” said Mr. Dickson. “Yes, but if the man is a tradesman, why earn a living that way,” said His Honour.
Mr. Dickson suggested that a short, sharp sentence might meet the case. His Honor: It will be sharp; I don’t know about short. A sentence of two years was imposed. Henry James, of the same family, was the next called.
“I am afraid he has a list your Honour,” said Mr. Dickson.
His Honour, glancing at the list: Two years. Darcy Robert McDevitt, who was stated to have the worst list of the lot, was given two years’ imprisonment and declared an habitual criminal.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 38, 7 May 1927, Page 1
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