A GRAVE OFFENCE
TWELVE MONTHS' HARD LABOUR
(Pes United Press Association) ( WELLINGTON, Feb. 5. Pleading guilty to a charge of attempting to commit incest at Carterton on December 15, 1934, Leo Vernon Pahl, a butcher, of Masterton, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court to-day. Charges of incest and attempted incest on April 13, 1935, were also preferred against Pahl, who pleaded not guilty. Without retiring, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on both counts.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23108, 6 February 1937, Page 17
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88A GRAVE OFFENCE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23108, 6 February 1937, Page 17
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