PLEA SUCCEEDED.
JUDGE GRANTED PROBATION.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, Tuesday
"When I read the depositions I did not feel very much inclined to give any of you probation, but I really have been impressed with what counsel has said in regard to all three," sa.id Mr. Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court to-dav, when three young men, Martin Thomas Atkinson. Syuney William Jarvis and Npi Karetai, appeared for sentence.
Atkinson and Jarvis appeared on a charge of breaking and entering, and Atkinson, Jarvis and lvaretai on a charge of attempting to break and enter It wtus stated by counsel tlia-t Jarvis had been a member of the Air Force after working his way to England and that he returned to Dunedin after being dismissed. He had since enlisted and now had been accepted as a member of the flying reserve.
All three prisoners were admitted to probation for two years.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 13
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PLEA SUCCEEDED.
Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 13
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