COURT NEWS

Grey River Argus, 13 June 1931, Page 6

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(Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, June 12. I in the Kerr case at the Hamilton ’Supreme Court, the verdict was one of guilty. Sentence, was postponed till Monday. SENTENCES PASSED. HAMILTON, June 12. I Prisoners were sentenced to the Su-. preme Court to-day as follows: — Archibald Westlake. 41. for breaking. entering a.id theft at Motumaho, I received two years’ hard labour. West-| lake, wiio has a long criminal record, 1 was found guilty of breaking, entering and theft at Motumaho. Two brothers Christian, gave evidence that on returning from milking they found sacking a.id paper burning on the verandah of their whare and the steps I were on fire. C othing and goods to | the value, of £7 Ills were missing from the house. • Matthew Joseph Spellars. 25, for | theft of partnership moneys at Te • Kuiti, received twelve months’ hard labour. Spellars was found guilty of •stealing £l7O, the property of a partnership between Leonard Lawrence Fitzgerald and himself, at Te Kuiti.' It was shown irj evidence that prisoner! 'and his partner had engaged in sepalrate contracts and the prisoner decamped with the money drawn by him ‘to pay the men. In ten days he spentj •£l6O. Donald McMillan, 19, for breaking, entering and theft, received three years at Borstal, McMillan pleaded guilty to the offences at the Magistrate’s Court. He broke into a drap- ’ erv establishment at Hamilton on May 31 stealing men’s clothing, val- ! ued at £l6 4s Bd. A piece of wire was used to push the keys out of the 'lock. Prisoner’s record disclosed a 1 previous offence of a similar nature. NAPIER. June 12. At the Supreme Court. Sir M. Myers sentenced the following prisonEdward Patrick Leahy and Albert, i Bowen, breaking, entering and theft, I two years’ hard labour each. t Peter Reilly, theft of £BOO, four years’ hard labour. ■ James Williamson, breaking and en,taring, 12 months' hard labour. I Jeff ares and Wifiin, two youths, breaking, entering and theft, four years at Borstal. Lichfold, another youth, breaking, entering and theft, four years’ probation. Raymond Claude Hogg, breaking, entering and theft, probation for three years. James Smart Sharp, theft, twelve months’ probation. Arapata Karaitiana, attempted rape, seven years’ reformative detention. I