SUPREME COURT.
PALMEItSTON SITTINGS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmei'stou N., Thursday. Arthur Henry Woods was sentenced to the maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment at the Supreme Court this morning for assault' on a suven-year-old girl. Accused has just completed a five years' sentence for a similar oll'ence. Justice Chapman said it was necessary to imprison him for the longest term possible. Pnlmerston N., Last. Night. At the Supreme Court .to-dnv, before Justice Chapman, Tlios. Gleeson was charged with a breach of the Bankruptcy Act by incurring debts without any reasonable ground of expectation of paying the same. Tlie D.O.A. produced the bankrupt's books, which revealed a lmd state of affairs. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to inevey on the grounds of accused's inexperience, and sentence was reserved.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 221, 11 September 1908, Page 2
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132SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 221, 11 September 1908, Page 2
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