Whippings For Native
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Offender In N. Guinea
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rabaul, May 5.
IN the Supreme Court on April 10, the native Niu was convicted of abducting and committing rape on two native women, whom he took from their home in Talasea to a plantation in the Bainings district.
He was sentenced on all charges to 23 years’ imprisonment by Chief Judge Wanliss. As the terms are concurrent, only 12 years’ imprisonment will be served. The native was also sentenced to two whippings of 24 strokes.
As a result of the evidence in this case a charge of rape was laid against a European, and will be heard before the District Court in Rabaul.