SUPREME COURT
NEW PLYMOUTH SITTING (By Telegraph- —'Tess Association.) New Plymouth, December 4. ■ Indecent assault on a girl on a lonely road near Hawera was the offence for which Samuel Wilson, aged 22, was sentenced to one year s reformative det® l ** lion at the Supreme Court to-day by Mr. Justice Smith. Arthur Edward Belk, for forgery and attempted uttering, received six months’ imprisonment. Guilty of four charges of forgery and three of uttering, David George Stella was sw®n reformative detention for two years. Colin Bert Mills, aged 21, made a false declaration regarding the age of his bride to the Registrar; he was ordered to coine up for sentence if called upon within six months and to pay costs; suppression of his name was refused. A true bill was returned against William Draper on charges of forging and acting upon Post Office Savings Bank slips, the amount involved being £lo(). The trial was adjourned till February; suppression of the name was refused.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 61, 5 December 1928, Page 3
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