THEFT OF CYTHERA
Sentence Upheld (N 2. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY. October 14 The man who stole the yacht Cythera, last May and left its owner stranded on Lord Howe Island, would have been hanged as a pirate in an earlier age. the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Herron, ■aid in the Court of Criminal Appeals today. The Court refused the man —Derrick Brewin. aged 31, a labourer, of Sydney—extension of time tor appeal and dismissed his appeal against the sentence of four years' gaol. "I can’t understand how you got off with so ittle for taking a yacht worth £17.000. It is leas than you deserve Left to me. it would have been considerably more,” Mr Justice Herron said.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30264, 17 October 1963, Page 11
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118THEFT OF CYTHERA Press, Volume CII, Issue 30264, 17 October 1963, Page 11
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