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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8407, 8 November 1912, Page 3

Of an unusual character indeed (says the Wellington "Post") was the.record of an aged housebreaker, George Lee, i wlio came up for sentence at the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Though 75 years of ago he looked younger, and appeared to retain much of his youth; with reason, too, for his life had been rigorously regulated. I Since the age of 28 he had probably, not had a year out of gaol; certainly not a year at one time. He had been convicted on 18 occasions, and sentenced to terms (if imprisonment aggregating 50 years and six months, this total being subject, of course, to deductions for good conduct.'His principal sentences had been: One of 14 years two of seven yoars, three of five years, and one of three years. He was "recaptured after a housobreaking attempt oil Sunday, October 27, and he remarked to his captor: "It Id been ji younger man, you'd never liave got me."