THE FIRST OFFENDERS ACT.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wanganui, October 19. A. 13. Wood, the prisoner who pleaded guilty to forgery, and was remanded pending inquiries by the Probation Officer, was brought up this morning and sentenced .to twelve months’ hard labor. The Chief Justice was sitisfied the prisoner was not one entitled to beuefit by the First Offenders Act. He remarked that it was almost, 'm possible for a person continually shifting about from place to place to secure witnesses aR to good character. The Act needed careful administration, and, so far, very f<rw prisoners had been brought before him who were proper subjects to be allowed on probation.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 764, 22 October 1886, Page 19
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109THE FIRST OFFENDERS ACT. New Zealand Mail, Issue 764, 22 October 1886, Page 19
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