"TE KUITI SHEIK."
MAORI IN TROUBLE. TWO YEARS' BORSTAL. FORGERY AND UTTERING. "He is apparently one of the local sheik of Te Kuiti, and I think he wanted money to buy clothes so that lie could outdo some of his friends," said Mr. Noble in describing Dick Nikora, a Maori lad, aged 20, from Te Kuiti, who appeared for sentence in the Supreme Court this morning on a charge of forgery and uttering. Mr. Noble said that he knew the iad when he was in Te Kuiti. His father was dead, and he was working for his uncle. A cheque for £1 16/ had come for his uncle, and he had cashed it.
"The natives have peculiar ideas," remarked Mr. Noble. "If one of the tribe has anything, the others think they are entitled to it." Counsel admitted that Nikora had two previous convictions, but he hoped that his Honor could see his . way clear to admit (lie youth to probation. Mr. Justice Smith: He may wane to he a young man about town, but he must realise that he must not do so at the expense of other people. Probation is out of the question. He will go to the Borstal Institute for two years.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 243, 14 October 1929, Page 10
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