SEVEN YEARS FOR MAORI
DID NOT LEARN LESSON PREVIOUSLY SERVED SIX One sentence of six years for rape did not teach Whakatutere Honi Peka, a young Maori, his lesson. He appeared at the Supreme Court this morning for sentence on the same charge. Pie was not represented by counsel and had nothing to say. His Honour remarked that he could see little that could be said by prisoner. He had already served one sentence of six years for a similar offence, and it seemed to have had no effect. His Honour said he had seriously considered ordering a flogging, but had decided that it would be useless. The sentence would be seven years with hard labour.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 424, 4 August 1928, Page 1
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116SEVEN YEARS FOR MAORI Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 424, 4 August 1928, Page 1
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