PAWELKA.
APPEAL COURT'S DECISION. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 8. In the Appeal Couit the decision in the Steele case declaration that the prisoner was an habitual criminal was confirmed, their Honors holding that each conviction on a each separate indictment was an "occasion" within the meaning of Section 29 of the Crimes Act of 1908. liex. v. Pawflka was a simlilar case which had been reserved for the opinioii of the Court by Mr Cooper. The Court held that where an indictment contained separate counts the prisoner was arraigned on each count, his plea of guilty to each count being successively ard separately taken and recorded. The prisoner was unrepresented, but the Court was of ooinion that the decision given in Hex v, Steele case in the point decided that it had power to declare Pawelka a habitual criminal.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10036, 9 July 1910, Page 5
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140PAWELKA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10036, 9 July 1910, Page 5
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