A MORAL LEPER.
SUNK DEEP IN VICE. Hamilton, Sept. 12. Thomas James Hughes, found guilty on sixteen charges or indecent assault, was sentenced to fifteen years’ hard labour. Judge Stringer said it was a filthy abominable offence and prisoner was liable t.o imprisonment for life and a flogging. The prisoner was a moral leper. The prisoner received the sentence with a smile.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 231, 12 September 1922, Page 6
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62A MORAL LEPER. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 231, 12 September 1922, Page 6
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