DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
FLOGGING PART OF PUNISHMENT. (ttlll ISSOCUTIOI TILIOtAM.) AUCKLAND, August 12. "Much as I dislike it, I must decide that physical violence such as used in this case must be met by physical punishment, as well us by imprisonment," said Mr Justice Smith to-day when sentencing Francis John Peckham, a Fijian, ship's fireman, and William Keogh, labourer, who were found guilty of holding up R. Dias, accountant to the firm of W. Parkinson and Co., in the street on May 27th and stealing a payroll of over £l4O. , His Honour said that the crime was definitely one of the gangster jbype. Tho whole affair was carefully planned and one of the most serious aspects was that a number of people stood around without offering help. It was intolerable that streets in broad daylight should be unsafe for persons who carried money. Strongly deterrent sentences must be imposed to stop this kind of lawlessness Peekham was sentenced to three years' hard labour and n flogging of twelve strokes, and TCeogh to two years' hard labour with a similar flogging.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 8
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