DETERRENT SENTENCE.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 27. •When Aleinga Morrell, a threequarter caste Maori, aged 19, was before Air Justice Johnston in the Supreme Court, to-day, for sentence on a serious charge, the probation officer mentioned that offences of : this type were very prevalent among Ala’oris in the Ruatoria district, where the offence was committed. He attributed it to the environment and lack of parental control. The Judge said he had to administer. the law for the protection of young girls. If lie granted probation tlie sentence would not act as a deterrent, but would probably encourage others in the offence. He imposed sentence of six months’ imprisonment.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 230, 27 August 1940, Page 8
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109DETERRENT SENTENCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 230, 27 August 1940, Page 8
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