PRISONERS SENTENCED.
Per Press Association. NAPIER. Feb. 21. In the Supreme Court the following sentences were imposed by Mr Justice Ostler: A young Maori, 'William Morris, three years for breaking and entering and"theft, the Judge remarking that prisoner, who is only 21 years of age. was fast qualifying as an habitual criminal ; George Lewis Ashworth. aged 51, married, one year’s reformative detention for indecent assault.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 8
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65PRISONERS SENTENCED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 8
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