GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of correspondents.]
[To the Editor.] Sir, Your correspondent "S " draws attention to the case of Annear and Castle, sentenced in March last to outrageous terms for having in their possession an alleged forged cheque. I think myself that efforts should be made to get the sentences reviewed, and I am certain that if justice was done a month or two's incarceration would be a sufficient penalty for the offence committed. It will be in the memory of your readers that after the heavy sentences had been passed by the late respected Judge Buckley more than one of the jurors stated that had they thought the penalty would be so great they would have voted for the accused being found not guilty. In this age justice should be tempered with mercy, and it is not out of place to ask that the sentence passed on the two mentioned should be reduced by a> substantial period.—l am., &c.,
Justice Hastings, August 29th, 1896.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 109, 1 September 1896, Page 2
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