DETERRENT SENTENCE
MOTOR-CAR THEFTS
HARM TO OWNERS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, October 13,
"If you had had a clean record I might have considered dealing with you more leniently, but you have not got a clean record," said Mr. Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court in sentencing I Thomas Boyle Dennis, aged 31, motor I mechanic, on charges of forgery, utteri ii.g forged documents, and theft of a motor-car. . "The theft of motor-cars is a very prevalent offence," said his Honour. "It does a great deal of harm to owners, because their cars are generally ruined through the ill-usage they get. It seems to me that in the public interest 1 must mtlict v sentence that will act as a. deterrent. The sentence of the Court is that, you be detained for I reformative treatment for a period not exceeding IS months, the sentences to be concurrent."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 92, 16 October 1934, Page 14
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147DETERRENT SENTENCE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 92, 16 October 1934, Page 14
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