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CRIMINAL APPEALS HEARD Press .Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. The Appeal Court to-day heard a number of appeal* from Christchurch against sentences in criminal cases. In the case of S. Millar, a youth of barely 21, who was sentenced to five years for attempted rape, the court found that While the circumstances were disgraceful, they showed that the whole affair was the outcome OI a drunken spree, and that there was no compulsion on the girl concerned. The sentence was reduced to twelve months, with hard labour. In tbe case of F. J. Smith, who was sentenced to five years for rape, the court held that rim facts were not so gross as to 'warrant the sentence, and reduced it to was that of A. G. Faigon who was found guilty of causing the death of a person unnamed while drums a motor-car without holding a licence. Judgment was reserved on the question of law, whether the accused was, ipso facto, guilty of manslaughter. The court was of the opinion that he was not. and directed a replv to be conveyed to the lower court. 'so that sentence could be passed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 97, 15 July 1927, Page 13
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