MANUNUI CASE
SENTENCE OF THREE MONTHS' HARD LABOUR ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER [ Per Press Association, j HAMILTON, Feb. 12. Charles Harold Longley, aged 39, invalidity pensioner, found guilty in the Supreme Court last week of manslaughter through negligent handling of a tirearm in Manunui on September 22, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Smith to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Longley was charged with the murder of Jeremiah O’Sullivan, but the jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter through negligent handling of a firearm, with a recommendation to mercy because of prisoner’s health at the time of the offence. Pleading for leniency, counsel for the prisoner, Mr. W. J. King, said that Longley had been of good character prior to the offence, with a harmonious family life. He had been in solitary confinement since September 22. His Honour said that he must adopt the view taken by the jury, namely, that Longley did not intend to kill O’Sullivan, but to frighten him. He had also to take into consideration the jury’s recommendation to mercy, and the fact that Longley had been in solitary confinement for the past four months.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 37, 13 February 1941, Page 6
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190MANUNUI CASE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 37, 13 February 1941, Page 6
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