SUPREME COURT,

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8098, 29 September 1904, Page 3

SUPREME COURT,

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PALMERSTON N., September 29. In ihe Supremo Court Chas. Cannon and Patrick Calptn, tot robbery with violenw, waived five yaaw' each. In passing' sentence, Mr Justice Cooper said the offence was » class of crime becoming cbhimon la the colony, and if such inses continued to coiue before him, and however reluctant tho Judge may be, the interest of the community might requiro • (logging to be ordered. , Referring to the fact that the prisoners came from Australia His Honor said he was' aware that a number of undesirable were coming from Australia to New Zealand and were increasing ihe crimincl population of this colony. ' J. . Dobbs, charged with bigamy, was admitted to probation for 12 months.