UNDER RESTRAINT
ELDERLY MAN'S SENTENCE
THREE YEARS*: REFORMATIVE]
(By Telegraphy-rress Association.) i • •■ / AUCKLAND, This Day. ' John Shaw Gordon, found guilty of; assaulting his wife so as to cause bodiljj harm, and of attempting suicide, waSj sentenced today to three years-' re* formative detention,.. .';■,' ' , ■ His Honour Mr. Justice Smith said! he was not .satisfied that the accused; and his wife were living happily, and! ..', he suspected that there were motives ~,, ■ for the man's action. . There was' iio> '^ proof of insanity, though perhaps his?: action was queer. He was • not a fit;" subject to 'be at liberty. It was diffU ,•■ cult to. impose sentence on a man of] ■ 68 when ho had never before been be* fore the Court, but it was clear that h'ai might be a danger to his wife, arid U#.' ' had expressed no regret. • ■ '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1933, Page 13
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136UNDER RESTRAINT Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1933, Page 13
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