THE RECENT GAOL RETURNS
γ-bqw ooa ; ooßßESKKroiorr.] WELMS 6TON, November 30. *A f^rn^S^tetof'iteStartta 3#«J»one«W>nd terms of original sento you last SAttention has been attracted Elf tile cawof one man in Dunedin gaol «5L rpflswd a sentence of three days' imSSst for drunkenness. Hβ was sent Jo Daßedin gaol on the 24th January, but *» did not come out tall the 4th August thus been detained for nearly eeven instead of *nly three days. The Z&a shows that he received from the eSin<* Justices successive sentences of Jfcurtlen days," " seven days/ , "P"**?; ,&* days" "«* *<***>" "two month*. Jflfoarteen days," and " one montn, for ajeaess. It has been remarked** an ex'iiaordinary thing that a man sentenced to &ree days' imprisonment for such an drunkenness, should be table, to -Sve his term of incarceration multiplied lit the aisclosures will lead to. some re-Ifcw-of the general powers and etatusof y£S* Justices as l»rt of. the general jeforsn m the prisons system of the colony.
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Press, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5362, 1 December 1882, Page 3
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157THE RECENT GAOL RETURNS Press, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5362, 1 December 1882, Page 3
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