ALLEGED CONTEMPT.
JUDGMENT RESERVED. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD CASE. (Ausvralian Press Association.! SYDNEY, August 28. Judgment was reserved in the Sydney Morning Herald case in which contempt of Court is alleged against the newspaper. • WANDERING IN THE BUSH. MAN SENT TO GAOL. NEW PLYMOUTH. Wednesday. The arrest of a man who was wandering In the hush in the neighbourhood of Okokc and Urutu a few weeks ago had a sequel in the Police Court to-day, when Harold Cook was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment by Mr. It. W. Tate, S.M. Counsel stated that accused had taken to wandering through the bush and was at large for two weeks. During two days he had had nothing to eat. In consequence he became desperate and killed a heifer and cooked and ate part of it. It was not a case of slaying animals at large, but it was done merely to satisfy his hunger.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17802, 29 August 1929, Page 7
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151ALLEGED CONTEMPT. Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17802, 29 August 1929, Page 7
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