SUPREME COURT

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1933, Page 3

SUPREME COURT

Maori youth charged

(Per Presr' Association— Copyright.)

WELLINGTON, October 12,

At. tlie Supreme Court three-Maori youtftSi"-appeared -for, sentence;;;for unlawful carnal- knowledge of. : a female under 12 years of age. His Honor remarked on-life-difficulty in inflecting suitable punishment. He considered it would be liVs duty to' commit each to the' Borstal for a term hot exceeding two years". The accused,, who were Stated, by counsel to have been already dealt with by a Maori Tribunal at Wanganui, and fined £ls each, were Tono Whakateka, John Ivan Ryder, and Patu Hongounui, of Wanganui. SENTENCES AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Octobfer 12. Prisoners were to-day sentenced by Mr Justice Blair as follows: Alfred Arthur Stanley, breaking, entering, theft, and breaking arid entering with intent, four charges; Bruce Anderson (jointly charged with Stanley), reformative detention 110't exceeding two years. .

William Greening, attempted breaking 'find entering, and! breaking arid entering and theft, at Wairoa, three months’.

Raymond- Claude Hogg, five charges of breaking,' entering and theft, at Hastings, and a charge' of th'eff. at Napier, two years’ hard labour to he followed by reformative detention not exceeding three years ,the sentence being concurrent with a term now being served.

Forging a motor dK verbs license Frederick Walter Perry was convicted andj discharged. :and ordered to pay £1 Is costs. Perry had been stopped and ordered to produce his license, and the next day reported with one in which the date had been altered hack some days. His Honour regarded the offence as an act of _ foolishness or thoughtlessness. . , v