SERIOUS OFFENCE
"MUST BE PUT DOWN'>
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, July. 9. A sentence of four years' imprisonment with hard labour was passed by Mr. Justice Fair on George Edward Morton, aged 21, who admitted, breaking into' a shop at Tirau and assault causing bodily harm. , .; >: i; :
The Judge said that the o£Eence:wdß serious, and that though tho accused was'not tho actual aggressor the attack might have developed into a murderous attack. It, was a type of ierime that must be put down.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 8, 10 July 1934, Page 11
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83SERIOUS OFFENCE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 8, 10 July 1934, Page 11
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