NO CASES FOR TRIAL.
FIRST TIME FOR 21 YEARS.
DUNEDIX COURT SENTENCES
(By Telegraph.—Presa Association.)
DUNEDIX, this day.
The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court opened yesterday, but for the first time in 21 years there were no cases for trial. The following prisoners were sentenced by Mr. Justice Ostler:—Francis Cleaver Matthews (33), for forgery and theft, one year's reformative detention; Henry Thomas Carstairs, for forgery, two years' probation and ordered to take out a probation order and to pay costs and the £10 secured by the forgery within six months; John Albert Arthur and Charles John Smith, both youths, for breaking and entering and theft from a shop, the former two years' detention in a Borstal institution and the latter two years' probation; Malcolm McGregor (35), for breaking, entering and theft, two years' probation and ordered to take out a prohibition order and return the money taken In the latter case counsel stated that it was a sudden impulse. Prisoner had spent a considerable part of his wages in drink and, fearing to face his wife, took the money from a shop to replace the sum spent.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 9
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NO CASES FOR TRIAL.
Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 9
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