SUPREME COURT.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS. WELLINGTON, This Day. At the Supreme Court G. A. Jenness, a jeweller, was acquitted on two charges of theft of a diamond pendant and was convicted for obstructing the course of justice, with a strong recommendation to leniency on the ground that accused had not acted with the intention of benefiting himself. Sentence was deferred.
George Arthur Jenness was later brought before the Court again and was fined £20. Counsel for accused said he had been guilty of a mistaken sense of his obligat : on to the woman who had sold the pendant to him and had not realised his obligations to the police. His character was excellent, and "he had been in business in the city for 27 years. —Press Assn.
Cyril Wagstaff pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent assault and was remanded for sentence. —Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 31 July 1924, Page 5
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