GAOL FOR MAORIS
ASSAULT WITH BOTTLE
U.S. SOLDIER ROBRED
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 8. ■ Two Maori soldiers who were parties to 1 ah' assault with a' bottle' on an' American soldier were sentenced by -Mr. Justice Johnston Iff ‘ thd Supreme Court to 12 months’ imprisonment with'hard labour; They l wefe Kerearna-Te Wad,- aged 25, and Robert John' Kekiri,’aged-‘23, and they had pleaded guilty at Otaki. *‘ ‘His Honour said he held the men equally guilty, though Te Wao actually- struck the : American and took hlsl moneyi He said that the reason the military authorities did “not' make application to deal with the accused was that men of their character were a source of weakness and not strength jn any force. ■ --
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21064, 8 April 1943, Page 2
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118GAOL FOR MAORIS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21064, 8 April 1943, Page 2
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