ASSAULT ON LITTLE GIRL.
MAORI SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS’ HARD LABOUR. ■- " —as w . • « (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CARTERTON, This Day. In the Carterton Police Court this morning, before Justices of the Peace, a full-blooded Maori, Taukuriki Kopu, aged 27, commonly known as Krooki, was charged with assaulting a young Maori girl, aged 10, with intent to commit a crime-. Evidence was given by the girl, her mother, sister and brother. The girl’s mother is also a sister of Krooki. The Justices stated that they took a very serious view of the case, and sentenced the accused to six months' hard labour.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 December 1929, Page 8
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