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JUDGE MAKES CONDITION OF PROBATION YOUNG MAORI SENTENCED An unusual condition accompanying a sentence of probation was imposed by Mr. Justice Blair in the Supreme Court this morning in determining the penalty for a Maori convicted of carnal knowledge. His Honour ordered that in future the man shall live at a distance of 10 miles from the district where the girl has her home. When the prisoner, Downey Whangaroa Pompalier. a young native, of Kirikopuni, appeared for sentence, his Honour said that he proposed, in view of the recommendation of the jury, to take a lenient view of the case, although certain features were very serious indeed. was very wrong to interfere with a girl of tender age. The jury had taken the view that, being a Maori, the prisoner had rtot appreciated the serious nature of the crime, not regarding his act as a European would be expected to do. In admitting the Maori to probation for three years, his Honour decreed that the prisoner must no> + live within 10 miles of Kirikopuni post office He was also ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution, which amounted to £3l 11s 2d.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 424, 4 August 1928, Page 15
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195TEN-MILE LIMIT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 424, 4 August 1928, Page 15
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