A COWARDLY ASSAULT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 203, 6 December 1910, Page 5

A COWARDLY ASSAULT

ON A MAN OF SEVENTY. ] A STRATFORD CASE. ■) Wellington, Saturday. ,| Being slightly in delirium tremens was '', the excuse advanced by a powerful man ". named James Jones in t'he Supreme \ Court on Saturday for having and robbed an elderly man at Stratford.- 1] Once sentenced on indictment to £ twelve months' imprisonment and ten,* convictions for theft and other charge* "J was the record against Jones. * "Youir record shows that you have had 4 a very disreputable career," said Mr. »1 Justice Chapman in passing, sentence. -] "The offence to which you pleaded guilty a is a very serious one. I understand' p that the man you attacked and robbed'« was a very old one—a man over seventyfj years of age. It was a very cowardly, $ act. lit is not necessary to say that yon* |l were drunk. I must put the two things $ together. I find you committed a dis-fcf gracefully violent act, and, when I look fej at your record, I find there is a long'S series of crimes against you which seemr-il to indicate tftiat you are inclined to dis->| honesty and make no effort to restrain! yourself. For this kind of offence the'jf punishment must be very severe. I canyf not overlook it. Youi will be to three years' imprisonment with hard'H labor." ,|