PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE CRIME.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Chbistchuech, Friday.. ..The : criminal sessions closed to-day, and were probably a record here for the imposition of heavy sentences. Among the prisoners dealt with was Peter Dunn, who, for having assaulted a young girl, received seven years' imprisonment. John Layman Mitchell, found guilty on two charges of indecent assault and one of theft of a bicycle, was sentenced in all to 14 y«aTs. Leonard Willis, on two charges of indecent assault, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment on each, the sentences .to be cumulative.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14531, 19 November 1910, Page 8
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