FIFTEEN MONTHS HARD
MAN GUILTY OF BLACKMAIL (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. “The crime is an odious one, but in imposing punishment of 15 months hard labour I take into consideration the jury’s rider,” said Mr Justice Kenedy in sentencing John Albert Meggett on charges of blackmailing .Herbert Frederick Sincock. ” Counsel for accused was corroborated by the Crown Prosecutor in the statement that accused had been 'Under mental stress, his unfounded suspicions becoming an obsession. Further, ho had been giving way to drink. Adverting to the judge’s statement yesterday, Mr Adams (Crown Prosecutor) said: “Your Honor found occasion to observe that there was no foundation for the allegations of accused against Sincock. I desire to sav that with the somewhat fuller material available to me in the police files I have no hesitation in stating that the allegations were entirely without foundation.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 16, 31 October 1935, Page 5
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