GUILTY OF ARSON.
FORMER LAY READER'S OFFENCE
A man who had been a lay reader, Cecil Valois Lee, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court to-day to reformative detention for a period not exceeding three years, for arson. His Honor referred to the offence as a grave crime. Although the prisoner had been a lay reader, that did not seeiu to have done him much good. He had also previously admitted stealing £20, the property of the Boy Scouts' organisation, while "associated with the movement in Christchurcli. In the piesent case he burned down a house to get some money left there by the owner.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 45, 23 February 1931, Page 8
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