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Tuesday, October 30, 1973

REMISSION OF SENTENCE

The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today remitted the sentence

of a 14-year-old boy who was given a six months mandatory sentence for

possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

The boy was aged 13 when he was first charged, but due to the

illness of the magistrate who heard the case, he reached the age of

14 when the sentence was passed and the term of imprisonment was then

mandatory.

He later made an appeal which was turned down.

The authority to grant the remission is given to the Governor

under Article 15 of the Letters Patent which provides him with the

prerogative of granting pardons and remitting fines or sentences.

The boy was due for release from prison with the normal maximum

amount of remission sometime next month.

The Governor's decision today will enable him to be released

this evening.

Release time: 7.00 p.m.