MAORI SENTENCES.
BAD CRIMINAL RECORD. ' CHANCES NOT ACCEPTED. Tn the Supreme Court. Hamilton, today, Mr. Justice Catlan sentenced Charles Edward Murphy, a Maori motor mechanic, to 12 months’ hard labour on each of Hie four counts on which lie was found guilty yesterday. The sentences will be concurrent with each other and any other now being served. “it has been suggested by Mr. Seymour,” said 11 is Honour, "that if this prisoner is ever to be given a chance it. will have, to come soon as he is now 4 2 years of age. This, however. does not quite fit the case for in June, 1928. in Wellington, he was declared an habitual criminal. He was land during May. 1933. 8 The sonic nee lor that, offence was six months and Ik* evidently did not serve the full sentence for five months later lie was again convicted at. Auckland for receiving stolen property. Shortly afterwards he was twice declared an habitual criminal which offered him additional chances but which lie had apparently not accepted.” Mr. Seymour, who appeared for accused, submitted that while the prisnnor’s record was not clean it was at least devoid of violence.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20277, 20 August 1937, Page 8
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196MAORI SENTENCES. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20277, 20 August 1937, Page 8
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