HALLIGAN’S LONG LIST

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 289, 27 February 1928, Page 1

HALLIGAN’S LONG LIST

VAIN APPEAL FOR MERCY GAOL FOR TWO YEARS When Francis Halligan had finished an appeal for a chance, from the dock at the Supreme Court this morning, it appeared that except for one minor conviction he had previously borne a good character. However, this was dispelled when Mr. Justice Reed read a list of convictions to all of which Halligan had pleaded guilty. In his remarks, Halligan appealed for mercy, and said he was utterly ashamed of himself. “Give me probation, sir, and I will never come before another court in my life. lam only 30 years of age, and I have promised my mother to go straight, even as I promise you. I have been to gaol once, and I don’t want to go back. I want a chance, and I make it a prayer to you. sir, to let me make good. I am not criminally inclined.” “You started in 1912,” said his Honour, “by breaking, entering, and theft. You went to a home, and absconded. When released on licence you committed an indecent assault, and went back to the home. In 1922 you were convicted of false pretences, and the same year with being a rogue arid a vagabond. In 1926 you received two years for theft, and now you break into an hotel and steal two. cheques. ‘Two years hard labour,” concluded* his Honour.