WELLINGTON SUPREME COURT.
By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 20. A number of prisoners were sentenced by Mr Justice Cooper to-day. Alfred Hughes of Woodville, who had pleaded guilty to altering the date of a birth certificate, was admitted to probation on condition that he paid costs of the prosecution. John Presley pleaded guilty to indecent assault at Feilding, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Frank Morrow, who had been found guilty of common assault, was fined £2O. John Belcher, on a charge of forgery, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Philip Brewster and Charles Dunn were charged with having kept certain premises in Ellers Avenue, off Willis Street, Wellington, as a common gaming house. Accused were convicted, and remanded till tomorrow for sentence.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association-By Electric Telegraph, copyright.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8515, 21 August 1907, Page 5
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132WELLINGTON SUPREME COURT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8515, 21 August 1907, Page 5
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