PRISONERS SENTENCED.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 4. The prisoners brought before Air Justicc Salrnonu for sentence to-day were all young men. Mis Honour said he was opposed to granting probation for persons guilty of theft and breaking and entering. "I do not. consider it in tho interests oi public protection,” ho added. When Llewellyn Price, for false pretences, came before the Court, His Honour said the prisoner had led a life of crime for 17 years. Prisoner was now 35 years old, and the only honest period was when away at tho front. His sentence was two years hard labour, followed by two years’ reformative treatment. John Leslie liaison, for theft from a dwelling, received 18 months. The offence was committed while the prisoner was on probation. Frederick Robinson, for a first offence of theft, was sentenced to nine months. George Frederick Murphy, for theft from a dwelling, received two* years’ hard labour. For forgery and uttering 'J homes Silk, alios Higgins, got two years John McCarthy, alias Mr-thioson, for breaking and entering two years ago, received eighteen months.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 293, 5 April 1921, Page 7
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