HORSE THIEF' SENTENCED
By Telejra ill.—Press.. Association. Hamilton, June 7. At the Supremo Court, William Leahey, convicted of horse-stealing at Taumarunui, and* carnal knowledge of a girl under sixteen years of age, was sentenced to one and two years' imprisonment respectively, the sentences to be concurrent. In the last-mentioned case tho jury added a. rider that the age of consent should be raised, and His Honour concurred.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3105, 8 June 1917, Page 6
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