CHINESE IMPRISONED
UNDER OTHERS' INFLUENCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. Stating that he believed there was a good deal of truth in the suggestion that prisoner had been under the influence of dangerous criminals, Mr. Justice Blair sentenced a Chinaman named Jong to reformative detention for a term not exceeding twelve months on a charge of receiving stolen property. The judge said he had looked into the circumstances of the case, and had come to the conclusion that for the prisoner's own good it would be advisable that lie should sentence him to a period of reformative detention. He agreed with prisoner's counsel that it was very unusual indeed to see a member of the Chinese race convicted for dishonesty. Chinese sometimes came before the Cpurt on charges relating to opium and other matters of that kind, but otherwise they were law-abiding citizens.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 223, 20 September 1935, Page 9
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