SUPREME COURT.
By Talezraob.—Press Association Napier, Last Night. j The only criminal case before the session of the Supreme Court which open;cd to-day was one in which Richard William Couglan was charged with indecently assaulting young girls. Aecus. ed pleaded guilty, and it was submitted on his behalf that he was of weak intellect. Hie Honor accepted the evidence as to the weak mindedness of accused, and attributed the crime to this rather than to criminal purpose. Accused was sentenced to three mopths’
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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