A BAD RECORD
CONVICTED ON ROBBERY CHARGE TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 3. “ With your record it is impossible t,o consider the probation term for which you ask, particularly because of the seriousness of your offence, said Mr Justice Northcroft this morning to Cyril James MartmLeverson, who appeared for sentence on a charge of robbery. The prisoner was not represented by counsel, but made a written submission to the judge. It was impossible to grant probation, the judge added. MartinLeverson’s record went back to l»oJ, when he was convicted of theft, and in 1935 he was again convicted of theft and sent to the Borstal. The offence was a particularly serious one. The fact that the pistol the prisoner presented at another person was incapable of doing what they imagined it might, did not affect the seriousness of the crime. The prisoner was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23648, 4 November 1938, Page 9
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155A BAD RECORD Otago Daily Times, Issue 23648, 4 November 1938, Page 9
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