A SECOND OFFENCE.
THE MAXIMUM PENALTY
[PKESS ASSOCIATION.]
PALMERSTON N., Sept. 10. ' Arthur Henry Woods was sentenced to the maximum penalty (seven years) in the Supreme Court this morning 'for assault on a seven-year-old girl. The accused has just completed, a fiveyear sentence for a similar offence. .Mr Justice Chapman said that for the safety of the community it was, necessary to imprison him for the longest term possible.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 215, 10 September 1908, Page 8
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69A SECOND OFFENCE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 215, 10 September 1908, Page 8
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