WELLINGTON MANSLAUGHTER CASE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18148, 11 August 1924, Page 6

WELLINGTON MANSLAUGHTER CASE.

BARNES SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS. (SPECIAL 70 "TEE tblss.'') ■ \VELLI -•.'OTOX, August <>. ' Barnes, found guilty oi m:uislaughter in connexion with.thi death of Walter John 'Whall, al Waitarigi boardinghouse on May' 'ls!, api).are - l before Mr.. Justice MacGregor this morning, and eentenced to huprLr-oument with hard labour for a pcfiod of ten years. On appearing for pi-.sone;-, Mr Slofcwoa remarked t'.lit ccvtaiu had b'en je.'jcr.'td and there was «.ssr. i«s'.hrr His Honour: This u not t:ic tunc for that. I wish to hear you on the question of sentence. That is the purpose for which the Court met U;.3 morning. '.Mr Stevenion said the «v;dcacc v.ojIJ bo so fresh that he would : ut. ie:o: to it bovor.il dra.v. 1115 ulteziton to ilic t!i3.t there wa? 110 premeditate.l eriJnej un-l it was not one c!o::e. in iecivt. lie aba wished to. draw sttcniiou u the :aet that AVhall came to the scene of the trouolc ana started unytl'iiJo that As to aeter, he eaid prisoner t.-d :t ha.vcl v orkingr- vcung lello v ;ili - d-u not drink at all, ar.d. except for liu •'atxiation foi* a woman, vcni.cl pioo"ap«.» never haxe appeared before any Court. lio 1-ud- had a verv pornl r_i:iit*ry .jccuvd. .-.. i i'ar as that v.-;nt. He ;.vas re'eeted in Australia owing to !i:a. Size. He tben '.vrnt to England and yot to the hghun- I.n?, v-herc be was rcHtded and gassed. ll ad dona his service and had ;; clean tecord in tho Array. . . . , In reply to his Honour, prisoner Kurt ■ne -.? as o- years o£ age, ;tnd had uien t:iree and a. liiiii year; in . >ev;\ Zca]a.nJ. . In Tjas-siiTt; 6ciitoiico. ii-- Honour •sa.u. it was a great 6hanio Lo fr-e young of prisoner's tvv>e beiore the Court on such a ciiarge. Jlo' hacl beer, cocv;ctod on very clear evidence or the crime o: —manslaughter of a. very &ad type- It appeared that he had enticed aw-av Iht, wifs of deceased, and drct-ascd naturally resented it, and mere ir.i>.n once prisoner t:-ian=, and a ir.inutes followed him ana staijeed him a. butcher s Jcmfe. The jury had t&kcn a that fce • acted on &ro-ocit;on. ?\odj tae kss, ltd had Idlled a. :«-i:ow-bein?. m thie, and all other British countries, ths uie of the knife rcust 29 put an end to, and it •vras his plain duty to infiict_ a. £ubf.tantkl penalty. Tha .prisoney -.w liable to imprisonment for life, and if_hf> had been an olae-v rr&n 112 1113.7 hs.ve had -to -inSzci.