AN OLD MAN'S CRIME.
AUCKLAND, Saturday
A gunidiggc-r, Frederick James Daniel Sams, aged 73, and very deaf, who had /►leaded guilty at Houhara. to a charge of Unlawful carnal knowledge of a gin! .aged 14, was brought before Mr Justice Stringer in the .Supremo Court, for sentence. His Honor said 1 on Wednesday, when Sams was first brought before him, that the girl apparently was of h.cso moral character, and adjourned the wusc for further inquiries. His Honor in jmssingi sentence, said Hi,'.lt he. thought the case was one in which he nmiJil reasonably grant pivtbtir linn, and Imi fixed the period at two years. He ordered prisoner lo pay JJI 16; ci>,ls within one month,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16618, 23 December 1924, Page 8
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116AN OLD MAN'S CRIME. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16618, 23 December 1924, Page 8
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