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MOVING PLEA

PRISONER AND ' JUDGE. SENTENCE MITIGATED. HOUSEBREAKERS SENTENCED. (By Telegraph.—press Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. A brief but moving plea from the dock after counsel had spoken on his behalif, and Mr Justice Ostler was about to pass sentence upon him In the Supreme Court to-day, saved Arthur John Cudby from being deolared an habitual criminal. With his brother Mervyn Cudby appeared for sentence on five charges of housebreaking to which Arthur near the end of .the trial had dramatically pleaded ■ guilty on, Thursday, and on which Mervyn Cudby was found guilty by the jury. This morning, each pleaded guilty to four other charges of housebreaking and to a charge of having been found unlawfully in possession of housebreaking instruments.

Mr Justice OsUer, although having just previously expressed his intention of doing so, refrained from declaring Mervyn an habitual criminal and ordered him to reformative detention for a period not- exceeding four years. Arthur Cudby was sentenced similarly to a period not exceeding three years. False Pretences. George Paul Zaclcey, who was found guilty on five charges of obtaining £95 by false pretences, was sentenced to nine months’ hard labour.

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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19399, 27 October 1934, Page 8

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MOVING PLEA Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19399, 27 October 1934, Page 8

MOVING PLEA Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19399, 27 October 1934, Page 8

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