PRISONERS SENTENCED

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 June 1930, Page 5

PRISONERS SENTENCED

PENALTIES AT HAMILTON MAORI’S DESPERATION [PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] HAMILTON, June 16. The following prisoners were sentenced at the Hamilton Supreme Court this morning by Mr. Justice Herdman:—

August Herman Dernier, found guilty of the dangerous driving of a car so as to cause the death of Norman Steven Bradley, fined £lOO and his driver’s license cancelled for three years.

Rone Fairama, guilty of shooting another Maori so as to cause grievous bodily harm, three years’ reformative detention.

Whare Mutangi with a long list of convictions, two years’ hard labour for theft of a horse, and declared an habitual criminal.

Joseph Powell, fined £5O with costs £2l, for bookmaking at Iluntly. Walter John Butters,. aged 18 years, reformative treatment for three years for indecent assault on a girl aged five years at Morrinsville. For robbery with violence at Huntly, Donald Hayward, .27, twelve months’ hard labour and reformative detention for a further two years. James Walter Barr Brown, of Putaruru, Coroner and Justice of the Peace, who pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent assault on boys, reformative treatment for five years. Robert Edward Young, reformative detention for three years for an unnatural offence at Hamilton. LATER. Whare Matanli, who was sentenced this morning at the Supreme Court, attempted to break away from the police escort on leaving the Court for the cell. It took the combined efforts •of several warders and policemen to handcuff him.

While struggling on the ground, the prisoner declared that he did not care if they hanged him.