MAORI SENT TO GAOL
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WHAKATANE,_ This Day.
Hira Mokai, a Maori, was this morning sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for being illegallyoopnp premises by night. He left a dance at Poroporo on the night of March 21 and entered the house of Jacob Hawera. He entered a girl's bedroom. When the girl said she would call her brother, Mokai left but threatened to come back.
The Justice of the Peace considered Mokai a menace and the only thing was to put him away.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 75, 31 March 1937, Page 13
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86MAORI SENT TO GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 75, 31 March 1937, Page 13
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