SENTENCES VARIED
DECISIONS OF COURT OF APPEAL (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 2. The sentence of Tha’ddeus Edward Doody by Mr Justice Callan at Auckland on February 1 to 18 months’ hard labour on each iof two charges of theft to be served cumulatively has been varied by the Court of Appeal to 12 months’ hard labour on each charge, also to be served cumulatively. Edward James Young was sentenced to three years’ hard labour by Mr Jus-, tice Fair at Auckland on February 3 after the prisoner had pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under sixteen. This sentence has been varied by the Court of Appeal to twelve months’ hard labour.
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Southland Times, Issue 23498, 3 May 1938, Page 5
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