PRISONERS SENTENCED
(By Telegraph.—Press AsßOciation.)
AUCKLAND, This Day. Cecil Mark Brown was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the Supreme Court for breaking and entering and theft. Mr. Justice Beed said that the accused's plea that he was out of work and had stolen to provide for his wife and children would not hold water. Since serving a term of imprisonnfent for another offence, he had been living a self-indulgent life, spending his money on drink and amusement. . . •
Walter Henry M'Connell, who was convicted of forgery and false pretences, and who had also broken'his probation, was sentenced to three years' gaol.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 20 June 1927, Page 10
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101PRISONERS SENTENCED Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 20 June 1927, Page 10
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