A BAD MAORI SENTENCED
(BI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, 29th Ma>. . A 3'oung Maori named Motu Kaire, convicted last year with another Native of common assault at Kaikohe, the original charge having been robbery with violence, was sentenced at the Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Stringer remarked that the prisoner had been described as one of the worst Maoris in the district. The police considered he would not hesitate to hold up a man and rob him. The other Native had been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Motu would bo sentenced to the full term for common assault, twelve months' imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 128, 30 May 1917, Page 5
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99A BAD MAORI SENTENCED Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 128, 30 May 1917, Page 5
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