ONLY TWENTY CENTS.
PRISONER'S LIFE SENTENCE.
Shortly after the close of the war several American States passed legislation authorising life imprisonment for criminals four times convicted of a felony. New York State has such a law. Recently a youth named McCarthy received a life sentence, although the proceeds of his fourth felony only amounted to twenty cents (10£ d.). A day or two ago, in Michigan State, a young man named Palm was sentenced to life imprisonment. In this case three convictions had been for violations of tho Prohibition Law, his first conviction being for Tho only evidence resulting in the final conviction was a pint of gin found on his person.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19798, 19 November 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
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112ONLY TWENTY CENTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19798, 19 November 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
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