A LONG SENTENCE.
JUDGE GIVES HIS REASON FOR If
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, Aug. 10. Giving reasons in the Court of Criminal Appeal why lie imposed a sentence of lb years’ ipeiial .servitude on lx-sillie Gosper for having .attempted to discharge a gun at a woman, Air Justice CJurtlewis said: “With regard to; the evilly disposed section of the community 1 consider it my duty not only to inspire fear, but in cases of crimes of violence to inspire terror. Many people have to live in congested areas where opportunities; occur tor the commission of outrages, often on children of both sexes who look to the judge for protection.” , . , Mr Justice Curlewrs remarked that it was significant that in recent years light sentences for brutal outrages had provoked "the tlmt a* croip of such crimes would follow. This had been borne out by events. Gosiper’s Uimpeail a>gxun6rt) tine sentence on the ground that the shooting was unintentional was adjourned.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 5
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165A LONG SENTENCE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 5
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