FIFTEEN MONTHS’ GAOL
FORGERY AND UTTERING PRISONER S BAD RECORD • “Your record is a bad one but at ] the same time you apparently have J not bpen convicted of a crime involving dishonesty since 1927. And I I propose to deal with you on the inj trins'C value of the offences.’’ said the I Chief Justice Sir Michael Myers, when I sentencing Thomas Christian Jensen '42 . farm labourer of Te Puke, in ! Hip Supreme Court. Hamilton, to-day, to 15 months' hard labour for the j forgery and uttering of a cheque for } £9 10s. Prisoner was represented by Mr J. F. Strang. “I am not at all sure that you do not deserve more." added Sir Michael “but it will give’ you an opportunity to reflect and I hope you •■will recognise that you have been treated with some leniency.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20494, 10 May 1938, Page 8
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140FIFTEEN MONTHS’ GAOL Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20494, 10 May 1938, Page 8
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