TOHUNGAISM.
AN INDIAN CONVICTED. SUBSTANTIAL PENALTIES. At the Te Awamutu Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. H. W. North-croft, S.M., an Indian named Weer Singh was fined JGIO and costs £4 for practising aa a tohunga in the King Country. For taking liquor into the King Country not properly labelled, and, further, for supplying liquor to native women, the accused was fined a collective £35, and costs totalling £8. Two charges of obtaining fees from native women for tohungaism were also preferred against the accused, of which he was convicted and sentenced to five, months' imprisonment. On a' charge of stealing money, the accused was convicted, and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 253, 23 October 1907, Page 5
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112TOHUNGAISM. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 253, 23 October 1907, Page 5
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