UNDESIRABLE MIGRANT
LONG TERMS IN GAOL QUALIFYING AS HABITUAL 1 “Apparently you are not a very I desirable immigrant,” said Mr. Justice i Blair to Roy Norris, who appeared in the Supreme Court this .morning to hear ! sentence on two charges of reaking, j entering and theft at Hamilt >n. “You arrived in 1921 and since hen have i spent most of your time in .... ol.” ! “You are rapidly qualifying for : declaration as an habitual criminal and ; you are safer in prison,” the judge continued. “Apparently your last three j years was no good to you. We will i try a longer term.” ! Prisoner was sentenced to five years’ j reformative detention on each charge, I the terms to be concurrent.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 498, 30 October 1928, Page 1
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