SUPREME COURT.
PRISONER SENTENCED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the Supreme Court to-day Albert John Udy, charged with destroying a house, the property of his mother, at Waihakeha, near Carterton, by blowing it up, was found guilty. Sentence was deferred. John Geo. Norris, found guilty of assault with intent to commit rape on a child, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment with hard labor. His Honor (Mr. Justice Chapman) said that the sentence would have been more severe but for the fact that people noticed accused's suspicious actions and intervened before he was able to carry out his intention, of which there was no doubt. William Hammington (alias Hill) was found guilty of indecent assault on a young girl. (Sentence was deferred.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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124SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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