Supreme Court DEFERRED SENTENCE
Man guilty of receiving Joseph Henry Williams, aged 35, a butcher, was ordered to come up for sentence within three years, if called upon, when he appeared before Mr Justice Wilson in the Supreme Court yesterday for sentence on a charge of receiving. Williams was found guilty by a jury last week on a charge of receiving 17 wigs valued at $340 when he knew they had been dishonestly obtained.
Mr M. J. Glue, for the accused, said that Williams had been used by others and then left “to take the rap.”
His Honour said that the Court took a serious view of receiving and although Williams was not a professional receiver the part he had played formed an important link in the commission of a crime. He was prepared to accept that Williams might have been an unwilling party. He considered he was justified in acceding to counsel’s request not to send Williams to prison.
To put Williams “on his mettle” he would be given a deferred sentence, said His Honour.
Decree nisi Robyn James (Mr L. M. O’Reilly) was granted a decree nisi by Mr Justice Wilson in the Supreme Court yesterday on an undefended divorce petition against lan Alexander James, a factory worker (Mr B. A. Barter), on the grounds of a separation agreement.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32849, 24 February 1972, Page 15
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