SIX YEARS IN JAIL
Judge Describes Crime As Revolting “Prisoner, you were exceedingly ably defended at the trial, and everything possible that could be eaid for you at that time was said, and the jury quite rightly convicted you on these two charges of rape and indecent assault," said Air. Justice Heed in the Supreme Court, Wellington, yesterday, to Robert Donaldson, miner, aged 31. He was sentenced to six years’ hard labour for rape, and two yearn for the other offence, sentences to be served concurrently. “The crime which you committed was of a very revolting nature, more revolting than the ordinary charge of rape, and must be marked by a severe sentence,” the judge sffid. Prisoner was re®>r«e»t®d. by Mr. it. Hardie ißotyn..
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 258, 29 July 1939, Page 7
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124SIX YEARS IN JAIL Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 258, 29 July 1939, Page 7
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