SENTENCE TOO LENIENT
PRISONER’S COMPLAINT. Legal traditions have been upset by Paul Horn, a 23-year-old German, who has appealed against a sentence of imprisonment imposed on him, on the ground that it is too lenient. “It is not fair, your honour,” he told the judge. “It is not enough. I cannot accept less than ten years’ imprisonment.” The court at Koeslin, Pomerania, sentenced Horn to six years and three months’ imprisonment on a charge of robbery. Throughout the trial Horn protested against the court’s leniency. When the prosecuting counsel suggested that five years’ imprisonment would be sufficient punishment, Horn almost implored the jurors to give him more. They took him at hie word and added 15 months. But Horn insists on ten years, and has appealed against the sentence.
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Southland Times, Issue 20494, 24 May 1928, Page 8
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