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IMPRISONMENT for. six months.
By Telecrapb.—l’re’S Association.
Wellington, Last Night. Sentence of six months’ imprisonment with hard labour was passed by th® Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, on Ernest John McDonald, aged 34, a clerk who was convicted of theft ‘h ±lou, the funds of the Wayside Club, an institution supported by subscriptions for the purpose of providingjfood apd amenities for unemployed. McDonald was secretary of the duo. He said ho had not received a respectable week’s salary for two and a half years. The money had been raised by his own efforts. He had a wife and four children to support. • ■ . The Chief Justice in passing sentence said he was giving full effect to the recommendation of the jury.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1932, Page 7
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