INDETERMINATE SENTENCES.
INTERESTING LAW POINT. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, November 21. An interesting point. of law in reference to indeterminate sentences Imposed under the Habitual Criminals Ad was brought up in nu application before Mr Justice Cooper to-day. It appears that a man named William Jenkinson'Sparrow, iii November, 1906, was tried mi a charge of theft. Sparrow was convicted, and sentenced to two years. After t-ho date of the offences, but before the date of the trial, the Habitual Crime Offenders Act came into force. Against Sparrow theio were the requisite number of previous convictions, and he was declared to be an habitual criminal. The sentence of two years has now expired, and application was made for a rule nisi to 6ho\v cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be issued to discharge Sparrow from custody. His Honor granted the rule nisi, and argument will be heard on the 30th inst.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14378, 23 November 1908, Page 3
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