DISHONESTY PUNISHED.
THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT [lir TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. In tho Supreme Court Robert Campbell, a Maori half-caste, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to defraud the Commercial Bank of £586. His Honor said the prisoner, who had been convicted at least four times previously for dishonesty, could not expect preferential treatment just because- ho was a half-caste.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19470, 28 October 1926, Page 12
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65DISHONESTY PUNISHED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19470, 28 October 1926, Page 12
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