SUPREME COURT.
WELLINGTON SESSIONS' ' By Telegraph.—Press Association, ' Wellington, Last Night. The criminal session of the Supreme Court was opened to-day. The Chief Justice, who presided, regretted the calendar showed an increase in crime in the district, there being twenty persons set down for trial. Unfortunately there were several sexual cases, eight persons being charged with this class of offence. In the case of Michael Falvey, charged with using obscene language, his Honor stated the accused was mentally weak, :xnd ordered him twelve months' imprisonment, if possible, at Invercargill. William Henry Aspinall, charged with carnally knowing a girl under the age of sixteen, was found guilty on one count and not guilty on three other counts, and was remanded for sentence.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1919, Page 4
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120SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1919, Page 4
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