AN ABDUCTION CASE.
WARNING TO MAORIS. iPer Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. A warhing to Maoris was issued by lis- Honor Mr. Justice Chapman, in .the Supreme Court to-day. when a young Maori named Iwi Hol'ieas ' entered it plea of .guilty to a. charge of abducting from her home a Maori girl under the age of 16 years. Counsel for .the accusod stated that tho girl's departure from home was anordinary case of a Maori boy running . away with a Maori gir!. ,I_ven the police worn in- some doubts a« to the girl's age, and it was agreed 'that she was how over lh« age of sixteen, at which it was not unusual for Maori girls to be married. Addressing ' prisoner- His Honor said: I am going to give consideration to your good character and the fact that you have served your country, but 1 'ctthuuit allow this offence to pass without punishment. You -vrill receive a short sentence of imprisonment. The ob. ject of this is to let all Maoris know that, this thing cannot be done. ,If *a man comes before the Court- for doi/mg what you have done, taking h younggir away from her parents, .he comes lor punishment. The next man who does so .will get more sever© punishment than you. You will be sentenced to . three months'- . hard,, labor, . ..
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 5
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224AN ABDUCTION CASE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 5
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