ACTOR SENTENCED

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 35, 11 February 1927, Page 8

ACTOR SENTENCED

SIX = MONTHS'IMPRISONMENT Haying •been^found:guilty by : a jury yesterday,' of y 'obscene; andvindc. ent ; exP??ur.f| jnva city,- picture theatre,: George -Desylla ■ Zucco, 'an, actor,^,aged 40, was to : day.brought)before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Skerrett, for.: sentence. The •jury,'.in;.: returning their . verdict, : had ; added a recorrimenidation' to leniency on account of the' accused's "war .disabilities. ■ .".•■ '.' .-. :'.•.- • ■■"•" -.' , ' . '.. ' ■••■,■ ■• - Mr. T. M.Wilford,'who appeared, for ■the/accused,'suggested-that his-Honour might' see his' Way to ordering the prisoner to come up for sentence when called;' upon;' his -life had' been ruined arid bis hitherto-clean record; spoilt. V Probation,-punishment.-by a.'iine, 1 or ordering toucpme; up for sentenco.when: called' upon, his Honour said, .were, out of the question an the present case. The .time might-come when Such cases ■■would' ■be; treated curatiyeljy but in: the mean.time; women ;jiad to be protected, and ,it had ,to be; rememb.ered,, that many acts like, the accused's went unpunished, as women; did' npt^ like the. .publicity. H« would be doing his dutytothe public, he thought, and. also be giving weight, to the jury's' recommendation if he passed a. sentence ot six months' imprisorimen,t,. the ;'accu^e'd to be kept apart from hardened criminals. . ■