TO TERRIFY EVIL MEN
JUDGE ON HIS DUTY CRIMES OF VIOLENCE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Friday. Mr. Justice Curiewis, in the Court of Criminal Appeal to-day, gave his reasons for imposing a sentence of 15 years’ penal servitude on Leslie Gosper for having attempted to discharge a gun at women. His Honour said: “With regard to the evilly disposed section of the community, I consider it is my duty, not only to inspire fear, but in the case of crimes of violence to inspire terror. Many people have to live in congested areas where opportunities occur for the commission of outrages, often on children of both sexes, who look to the judges for protection. “It is significant that in recent years light sentences for brutal outrages have provoked the prediction that a crop of such crimes would follow. This lips been borne out by events.” Gosper’s appeal against his sentence, on the ground that the shooting was unintentional, was adjourned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 430, 11 August 1928, Page 9
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