PRISONERS SENTENCED
WELLINGTON SUPREME COURT.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day.
In the Supreme Court, before Mr Justice Reed, Eric Lewis Hooker, aged 50, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour, on three charges of incest. Frederick Hilton, aged 28, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment with hard labour for theft. Mr Justice Reed said the prisoner had numerous convictions in England and had deserted from his ship in New Zealand in April. On this occasion he stole an attache case containing money and cheques while acting as a porter at a hotel. His Honour said he took into consideration the fact that prisoner had not destroyed the cheques. Henry Barrett, aged 42, was given eighteen months’ imprisonment with hard labour for attempted theft, the Judge remarking that the prisoner’s record was a bad one and that for the protection of society he had to be imprisoned for as long as possible. James Patrick Mahoney, aged 57. was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment with hard labour for indecent assault on a male at Wanganui and lan Clifford Pram, aged 20, was placed on probation for two years on the same charge. ' ,
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1938, Page 8
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193PRISONERS SENTENCED Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1938, Page 8
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