SUPREME COURT.
mVERCARGDIL. [Per Press AssecuTiojr.] INVERCARGILL, .September 2.
At the Supreme Court to-day Ernest D. M'Kenzie came up for sentence fox forging an order for whisky, and Andrew J. M'Cutcheon for stealing £5 10b. Both the accused were sentenced to reformative treatment for a period not exceeding three years. J Lock Kin, a Chinaman, was charged with tho murder of Morrison in May last. Mr A. C. Hanlon (Dunedin) appeared for the accused, and the defence was that the accused fired the shot to' frighten larrikins who systematically annoyed the Chinaman. After forty minutes' retirement the jury found the .accused guilty of manslaughter, and recommended that the utmost clemency of tho Court should be extended. Mr Justice Sim said that since the prisoner had served three months' ho felt justified in inflicting no further'punishment. Prisoner was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16646, 3 September 1914, Page 10
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148SUPREME COURT. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16646, 3 September 1914, Page 10
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