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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid483430\charrsid1537820 Date of Judgment}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid483430\charrsid1537820 : 25 March 1996
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Appellant pleaded guilty in the High Court of the Cook Islands at Rarotonga to five charges of forgery, one of false accounting and one of theft. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment on each of the forgery and fal
se accounting charges and two years imprisonment on the theft charge, all terms to be concurrent. He appealed against the sentence and the matter came before this Court in Auckland. The appeal was allowed and a sentence of community service was imposed to
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discretion in the matter but in each case good grounds must be shown for the exercise of that discretion in Appellant's favour.
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pellant was guilty of a number of serious offences. One of the reasons why the appeal was allowed was that information was put before us on behalf of Appellant that was not put before the learned Judge in the Court below. Details are set out in our previo
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s Counsel submitted that the term of imprisonment should be reduced. The application for costs is refused.
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