NOXIOUS DRUG CASE
G. F. HEWER SENTENCED. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, November 5. George Frederick Hewer was sentenced by Mr Justice Fair to two and a-half years’ hard labour for unlawfully causing a noxious drug to be taken with intent. Counsel) Mr Singer, said it was to be remembered that the whole burden of the offence had been somewhat cruelly placed on the shoulders of Hewer. There were a number of self-confessed accomplices, among them two women who had not only been protected by the authorities but whose names were suppressed. The whole spirit of legal revenge was concentrated on Hewer. “Different opinions are held by various sections of society as to the gravity of this class of offence, but must be disregarded by me,” said the Judge. “I must consider only the provisions of the Crimes Act.” His Honour took into account that prisoner had been already imprisoned for three months.
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Southland Times, Issue 22731, 6 November 1935, Page 7
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153NOXIOUS DRUG CASE Southland Times, Issue 22731, 6 November 1935, Page 7
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