that he had inspected the Court! records and had seen the notice of release of the civil suit. He did] think, however, that the crime of which Crawley was convicted requi ed heavier punishment than a gaol} sentence.
The Judge on Crawley's Guilt Judge Purdy began speaking well-modulated, low, but clear Jand said that he had found defendant guilty at the conclusion of the trial. He had not had the slightest doubt} then, but now, on reflection, he was more convinced than ever that Craw ley was guilty, and that he had acted deliberately, He had obtained the money from the Chinese and had tried to get to America with it. To! Dung him and the money back to Shanghai might have been a difficult matter.
Referring again to the trial his Honour expressed himself that, as at that time, he now also believed that] Crawley had obtained half of the spoil.
His Honour could not allow for much because Crawley returned] voluntarily from Japan, and the only} mitigating circumstances were accused's mother and two children.
He could not sympathize with a defendant who voluntarily returned to the Court's jurisdiction and asked for a nominal sentence, Those Criminally Minded Continuing he said, "I am inclined to think that such action of the! Court would be very wrong. It rather an invitation to the gener Public for people who are criminally minded to. go out into the highways, and there, get money under pretences and stand trial, offer} and then if they are cor over the spoils of their crimes and ask for the leniency the Court. If the Court does not impose a substantial sentence in cases of this kind, that action would bbe held up to public scorn, "At the same time I propose to take into consideration the fact that the complainants have received part of the money taken from them. The defendant must suffer certain agony' '4s punishment for his rime, and also the Court must take into consider ion the fact that the convict the imposition of sentence has an example to some extent at least} to those who may be inclined in the tame direction. My purpose after! the trial was concluded, and I found the defendant guilty, was to impose long sentence, og I would be po mitted urder the law to impose. The fact that he hag restored the money to the complainant materially has changed my idea as to the purus ment which should be meted out to His Honour ordered Crawley to stand up for sentence, and imposed penalty of 15 months! imprisonment, as stated.
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