AN APPEAL BOMBSHELL
SENTENCE INCREASED BY SIX MONTHS. (Pbr United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 28. The Court jjf Appeal delivered judgment tliis morning 'in the caec of the King v. Red Law, an application by Bcd«lia.w foiled iCt;on of, tho sentence of nine months’ Hi.piisii.n cut imposed upon him at Nap.er for misappropriation of certain funds of the Ft caters’ lodge. The judgment of the court was delivered by Sir Robert Stout, who stated that it was of opinion, in view of the seriousness of the offence, that the sentence was too light. The court thcrefoio, in the exercise oi its discretion, increased the sentence to fifteen months’ imprisonment, with hard labor. This case is the first in which the Court of Appeal has increased a sentence when application has been made to it for a decrease.
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Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 6
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137AN APPEAL BOMBSHELL Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 6
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