AN OLD OFFENDER
TWELVE MONTHS' SENTENCE
With a list of previous convictions and a record showing that he was declared an habitual criminal in 1913, George Groves, when he« came before the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) in the Supreme' Court to-day for sentence on a charge of forgery and uttering at Woodville, was given anoither term of imprisonment. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour.
The Chief Justice said that in his statement Groves) said he had been working hard for the last fourteen or fifteen years. According to the calendar, the prisoner was declared an habitual criminal in 1913, but was subsequently released on licence only to have his licence cancelled in 1917. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and he was at present serving a .term of three months' hard labour.
Mr. C. Evans-Scott, who appeared for the Crown, said that Groves's employment could not have been continuous. In reply to his Honovir, he said that the declaration of an habitual- criminal against Groves still stood.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 9
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173AN OLD OFFENDER Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 9
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