EXEMPLARY SENTENCE
CHILDEEN MUST BE PEOTECTEDJ THREE YEARS FOR INDECENT ASSAULT. rnoii cxm own cohkesfondent. ,FALMET{.STOX, February 18. In passing sentence on Abraham Connolly, tho old man who was found srnilty of an indecent ji*sault on .a little (jirl, llis Honor. Mr Justice Chapman, said he thoroughly .agreed with the verdict, and only the jjiry'is recommendation, to mercy prevented Jiim from passing a very severe sentence. He felt the isenten'ce should not l»e u, lijjht one, in order that the people of the community might thoroughly understand that as far as the .courts were concerned children of Mich tender vears would have the fullest protection that could bo afforded. A .sentence of three years" hard labour was imposed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7057, 19 February 1910, Page 1
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118EXEMPLARY SENTENCE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7057, 19 February 1910, Page 1
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