AUCKLAND SUPREME COURT.
HEAVY PENALTIES. AUCKLAND 1, November 27: At the Auek-iand Supreme Court before Sir Robert Stout,- Chief Justice, C. B. Bryan Avas found guilty of indecent assault on a young child at Onchunga, arid sentenced to five years :reformative treatment. Kate Donald, self-styled the daughter of a New York diamond merchant, who obtained £95 -by false pretences from an" Auckland land a'genty was sentenced to four years' reformative treatment. Her counsel stated that a medical examination had' disclosed a state of mentality Avhicti Av6uld account for her conduct. Sir Robert Stout said that he had no poAver"'to' commit defendant to a mental hospital; but she could be transferred by the Prisons -Board or the. Government. William John Marnot, on tAvo charges of theft, wds sentenced to three years' reformative detention. .
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Grey River Argus, 29 November 1920, Page 3
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