SENTENCED FOR FORGERY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12455, 25 May 1926, Page 6

SENTENCED FOR FORGERY

A NOTORIOUS THIEF PRISONERS SENTENCED. Per I’rpo- A p«or»ipMnn AUCKLAND, May 24. At the Supreme Court to-day, Mr Justice Herdman sentenced Waremu Rnua for forgery and uttering at Taurnnga to twelve months’ hard labour, followed by two years’ reformative" detention. to commence at the expiration of a three months now being served. His Honour described the accused as a notorious thief. Cliarles Walsh, for false pretences at Rotorua, was sentenced to twelve months’ hard labour and two years* reformative detention. Charles Henry Whitehead, who esenned from the Wainune Prison, the judge said, was another new arrival who got here last year. A month after he arrived he got two years’ reformative detention for breaking and entering. Three years’ reforms, tive detention was ordered, concurrent with the present sentence. Henry Patrick Afonr. alias Paul Mercer, alias diaries Williamson, for breaking and entering with intent To commit a crime at Rotorua, was sentenced, to two rears’ hard labour at tho exniration of his present sentence of threo months.