Theft of Postal Matter.
AN EXEMPLARY SENTENCE,
Wellington, July 10
Hugh George McLiskey, aged 20 years, came to-day before Mr Justice Cooper for sentence, having pleaded guilty of theft of pcatal packets at Ohingaiti. Jounsel asked for probation. His Honour refused this. He said it was impossible to contemplate the result that might arise from acts of dishonest postal officials. It was his well considered opinion that in no case where a post office official was convicted of stealing letters should the provisions of the Probation Act be extended. The prisoner would be sentenced to twelve mouths' hard labour.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19050711.2.36
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6618, 11 July 1905, Page 3
Word Count
99Theft of Postal Matter. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6618, 11 July 1905, Page 3
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.