OFFENCES BY MAORIS
TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT COMMENT BY THE JUDGE "This type of offence must be suppressed as far as it can bej and unless a term of imprisonment is imposed offences of this nature are bound to become more common," said Mr. Justice Fair in the Supreme Court yesterday when sentencing Harewini Kauwliata, a Maori, to 12 months' imprisonment oil a charge of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 16. The accused was committed from Kaikolie. Mr. Guy, who appeared for the accused, said this was another case of the typo which came before the Court from time to time, but had not come before it so prominently of late. The accused bore an unblemished character and was a hard-working man. His Honor said that this was one type of case that was very difficult to deal with. However, it was not a caso in which he could extend leniency to the extent of releasing him on probation.
A sentence of six months' imprisonmnt was imposed on a younger Maori, Pera Tamehana, who was committed from Opotiki, on a charge of attempted unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the ago of 16.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22404, 28 April 1936, Page 14
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