SUPREME COURT

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 70, 15 December 1928, Page 30

SUPREME COURT

PRISONERS SENTENCED Prisoners were sentenced by Mr. Justice MacGregor in the Supreme Court yesterday. “This young man is only 21 years of nge, but he seems to have a habit of breaking into premises and stealing money,” said His Honour, when referring to David Parkinson, who appeared on six charges of breaking and entering and theft, and one charge of breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime. His Honour said that the prisoner had been convicted at Wellington in 11)26 on several charges of breaking and entering, and sent to a Borstal Institute for two years. During the last few months he had broken into fourteen places in Wellington, although he only actually faced the Court on seven charges. He had broken into premises at Miramar, Khandallah. Ngaio, Lower Hutt, Hataitai, and elsewhere “It seems that reformative detention is no good to the prisoner,” said His Honour. “He will be sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on each charge, the terms to be concurErnest George Dryden, a labourer, aged 24, who appeared on three charges ot forging cheques, two charges of uttering cheques, and one charge of false pretences, was sentenced to two years reformative treatment. Two young labourers, Charles Frederick Walsh aged 19, and Thomas Walsh, aged 20, appeared on a charge of breaking and entering the house of their grandfather at Hataitai and stealing £2l 10s. Thomas Walsh was further charged with the theft of two watches, a gold chain, and other articles valued in all jit £44, the property of Bartholomew Kelleher. Both prisoners were ordered to be detained in a Borstal Institute for a period of two years.