SUPREME COURT.
CRIMINAL SITTINGS.
(Before his Honor Mr Justice Donniston.) PRISONER FOR SENTENCE.
Charles Thornton, who had been in gaol since September 7 last, was brought up for sentence on a charge of indecent assault, to which he had pleaded guilty in the lower Court. His Honor' said the case presented some peculiar features. It had been argued before him after counsel had been engaged for accused at his Honor's suggestion as to whethe: what _tooU plaeo constituted an assault. Under ordinary circumstances he would have treated the accused as one who had pleaded guilty to an ofTenco he had not committed, but the evidence disclosed a very offensive act* A proper punishment would be six months' imprisonment, but accused would be given credit for the threo months he had already served and would be sentenced to three months' imprisonment, dating from the day of sentence. The Court adjourned till 10.30 a.m. the following day.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 1123, 17 December 1914, Page 5
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