WEAKNESS FOR PRISON.
" IN AND OUT SINCE 1819.?' "It seems you havo been in and out of gaol since 1919," remarked Mr. Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court yesterdayj when William Alexander Burrell appeared for sentence for forgery and theft of a horse. The forgery was committed at Nelson years ago, and the horse was stolen at Hawera last November. It was stated prisoner was at present undergoing a sentence. Ho had been sentenced to three years' reformative treatment for forgery and uttering in 1919, and for a similar charge in 1923 was granted probation. "This year you have quite a number of convictions against you," commented His Honor. "The'only thing I can do is to sentence you to two years' hard labour, to count from the expiration of the term you are" now serving."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19417, 27 August 1926, Page 15
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135WEAKNESS FOR PRISON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19417, 27 August 1926, Page 15
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