PRISONER’S BAD LUCK
APPEAL FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE.
COURT INCREASES PERIOD. By Telegraph,—Press Association WELLINGTON, this day
The Court of Appeal has delivered judgment in the case of the King v. Redshaw, an application by Redshaw for a reduction of a sentence of nine months’ imprisonment imposed upon him at Napier for the misappropriation of certain funds of the Foresters’ Lodge. Tho judgment of the Court was delivered by the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, who said the Court was of opinion in view of the seriousness of the offence that the sentence Was too light, a lip, therefore in the exercise of it's discretion increased tho sentence to 15 months’ imprisonment, with hard labour. This case is the first in which the Court of appeal has increased a. sentence when an application was made to it for a decrease.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XX, Issue 6508, 29 April 1922, Page 3
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