SUPREME COURT.
SENTENCES ON CULPRITS. By Tolearacl' —Press Association. Wellington, Sept. 25. In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Sim, Edward Edgar Vigers was sentenced to imprisonment for five years for assault on a woman with intent, five years for assault and robbery, one year for theft of a motor car, and one year for attempting to commit a crime on a female, the terms, amounting to 12 years, to be cumulative . His Honor said that the prisoner was an absolute ruffian, and it was a wonder he did not kill or seriously injure some of the women lie tried to run down in the motor-car which he stole. Robert Ibell, charged witlf forgery, was declared to be a habitual criminal. David Murray Dickson, in connection with three charges of theft, was placed under the control of the Prisons Board for three years. Arthur Mortimer Matcher, formerly an officer of the Defence Department, was convicted of obtaining £2B from the department by • false pretences. He was fined £lO, restitution having been made.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1920, Page 5
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