mitted. | |
+------------+------------+--------------------------------+
| E. 1 | 14 |Breaking, entering, and theft |
| 2 | 15 |Absconding |
| 3 | 15 |Breaking, entering, and theft |
| 4 | 19 |Drunk |
| 5 | 19 | " |
| 6 | 20 |Sodomy |
| 7 | 38 |(1.) Indecent assault on a male |
| | |(2.) Common assault |
+------------+------------+--------------------------------+
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| | | | |
| Sentence. |Sentenced |Released |Period at Large |
| | (Date). | (Date). |before Arrest |
| | | |on Further Charge.|
+--------------------------+----------+----------+------------------+
|Committed to Burnham | 26/11/00 | ---- | |
|Returned to Burnham | 24/ 2/01 | ---- | |
|12 months' hard labour | 18/ 4/01 | 15/ 2/02 | 2 years 3 months.|
|Fined 5s. and costs | 23/ 5/04 | ---- | |
|Fined 5s. and costs | 3/11/04 | 3/11/04 | 3 months. |
|Life | 15/ 2/05 | 21/ 6/21 | 2 years 4 months.|
|(1.) 10 years' hard labour| 30/10/23 | Still in | |
|(2.) 1 year's hard labour | " | prison.| |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+------------------+

NOTE.--E. is a native of New Zealand, aged 39 years and
married, with one child. He is reported to suffer from injuries to the
head caused by a fall from a tree when eleven years of age, and to be
subject to uncontrollable fits of temper and loss of mental balance
since that age. Offender was educated in Auckland, and passed the Third
Standard only at the age of 13. He was committed to Burnham at the age
of 10 for two years, from which institution he absconded on several
occasions. According to his own statement, during his term at Burnham
the practice of sodomy was fairly common, and the boys often talked
about it, but in his opinion did not regard it as a serious offence. He
states they were flogg