A SAVAGE SENTENCE
ROTORUA UP IJf ARMS, , appeal TO Mmiriß OP JUOTIO* [Per PresS Association.] , ROTORUA. Lent Night, Much feeling Is being shown re- . gapdirjg the senteuea given a returned soldier, T. D. Bums, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly on New Year's Bye, by Mp, H. MacDdriald, J.PL iSufns .(a first offender), was scuffling with a man named Mnrriy, wlfo ' glso .pleaded " guilty. The former was Imprisoned for a month and his opponent wa# fined £2. A meeting, called by the R.S.A* was very largely attended last night and addressed by the Mayor, Mr. 0. B. Cllnkhard, tho Rev, J. Affen, and Captain Sumner. It passed a resolution of protest, which was wired t# the Minister of Justice. Bums,.# very severely wounded man, loses hi# pension through his conviction.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2340, 9 January 1926, Page 8
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135A SAVAGE SENTENCE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2340, 9 January 1926, Page 8
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