PRISONERS SENTENCED
Having pleaded guilty to three' charges of indecent assault on males, Leonard Hollobon was sentenced by' the Chief Justice (the Hon.'M. Myers) in. the Supreme Court to-day to five years'" reformative detention on ca'ch charge, the terms to be concurrent. Mr. W. E. Leicester appeared for the prisoner. His Honour stated that "the case presented a difficult problem. There was no special institution that he knew of to which such a man could be sent. He must be placed somewhere for a substantial term where ho could not continue such acts.
Addressing Norris Frank Davey, who was found guilty with a strong recommendation to mercy on a charge of indecent assault oh a male,, his Honour said that he agreed with the- jury's view, md intended to give the fullest effect he could to it. Ho was satisfied that the offence was an isolated one, and was not likely to be repeated. He ordered the prisoner to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. Mr. W. Perry represented tho prisonor.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1929, Page 11
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175PRISONERS SENTENCED Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1929, Page 11
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