SENTENCES PRISONERS PUNISHED

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 112, 7 November 1912, Page 2

SENTENCES PRISONERS PUNISHED

• Several prieoners came up before his Honour the Chief Justice to-duy for sentence in regard to crimes, of which they had been found guilty. THEFT. Frederick White, a man of uncertain age," had' been found guilty of theft from the person in that he stole a watch, valued £2 5s from the person of William Smith yman, assistant secretary of the Seamen's Union at Wellington. s Mr. C. V. Goulter pleaded strongly on < behalf of the prisoner for probation. His Honour said that properly speaking he ought to sentence the prisoner to a considerable term of imprisonment, but he would deal very leniently, and sentence the prisoner to four months' imprisonment, with hard labour. ASSAULT. • Arthur Henry Widdas, a middle-riged man, found guilty of having assaulted John Leahy so as to cause him actual bodily harm, was also represented by Mr. Goulter. The prisoner had used a raaor in an assault on a" man jnamed John Leahy, a corporation labourer. • His Honour commented on the fact that tlrink was the cause of the assault, and the only way to cure the prisoner was to send him to prison for a considerable period in order that he might get the drink out of hi 6 system. The sentence would be imprisonment for nine months, with hard labouT. f FORGERY AND UTTERING. George Maxwell, found guilty of forgery and uttering, was represented by Mr.. P. .Jackson, who stated that the prisoner, was 37 years of age, and had been born in Invercargill. He had' a fairly good record to his credit. His Honour: He seems to have an ttlias. Mr. Jaclfcon: There are all kinds of aliases. For - instance, there is a Major in this town— l don't know how becomes to be Major. His Honour : Perhaps he " belongs to the Salvation Army. (Laughter.) 1 Alfred Ernest Odlin said he had known the accused Maxwell for' from two to three years. He had formed a. good opinion of him. His) Honour gave the prisoner probation for a year, and ordered him to pay all costs of prosecution in the first six months and t}ie amount of the cheque, JD3 9s, in the second sir months. ' FAILING TO KEEP PROPER BOOKS. Edward Wilfrid Jacobs, found guilty of failing to keep proper books for three years prior to hm bankruptcy, was represented by Mr. G. H. Fell, who asked for leniency. His Honour commented on the fact that the accused had started business without capital, had kept no books, and had gone in. for all 'kinds of extravagance. The man who had acted in such a way was an idiot. The sentence would be for two months, without hard labour.