BEEN UP AGAINST IT.
GONE TO GAOL NOW. ARRIVED WITH TWO SHILLINGS. , Saying that he arrived in this country on February 23, 1024, with a wife and two children, and only two shillings in his pocket. George Crompton Mansfield pleaded for lenient treatment when he appeared before the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) this morning, to receive sentence on a charge of false pretences. "After arrival, w took any occupation that was offering, and I've been up against it ever since. I am neither an habitual criminal nor a drunkard, - ' he declared. If probation were allowed him he would try to make restitution, and he would be able to care for his wife and children. If the judge wouldn't jrrant probation, would he deport him? He was an ex-service man, with several years service, and had been wounded.
"It was a mean theft," said the Chief Justice, reading the papers. "You took the cheque book of a workmate, and then committed forgery to get his money, and any man who does a thing like that is a criminal. You are sentenced to IS months' hard labour."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1925, Page 6
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