Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 16 October 1941Vol. XII, No. 3

Whippings Ordered in NG

p. 41 · Read in the full issue

Page 4141

Assault Cases

From ° ur ° wn correspondent . . WAU, Sept. 20.

FpwO cases of indecent assault by na- X. tives were dealt with when the NG Circuit Court (Chief Judge Griffiths and Assistant Crown Law Officer Maunsell-Turner) visited Wau a few days ago.

Charged with indecent assault against a European woman, Lukmaulin was sen tenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour and a five-stroke whipping.

Popukki, found guilty of indecent as sault against a European two-years-old girl, was ordered to undergo two whip pings each of five strokes, in addition to a year’s imprisonment with hard labour.

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