SUPREME COURT.
« CRIMINAL SESSIONS. The criminal session- of the Supreme Court wc-re continued yesterday before Mr Jii-'iee DeuniMou. Mr Stringer pro*Pcutcd for the Crown. SENTENCE. The young man William John Jone«, who had last week pleaded "Guilty" to an indictment charging him with having com- ' mitted incest with his sister nt- Lyttelton iv April last, appeared for sentence. His Honour said that the offence to wliich the boy had pleaded guilty wax a very pcriou* one. and one that would place a grown man, who realised ite awful consequence-, ouuid* the pale of humanity. The accused, however, had been very young when the offence waa committed, and hi* Honour felt satisfied that he had not realised the terrible consequence of his acts. For this ignorance the Court had
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11589, 21 May 1903, Page 2
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