Sailor's sanity
On 11 March 1931, sailor James Kerrigan plead guilty at the Perth Supreme Court to a charge of robbery under arms. He had robbed a man of 15 pounds by threatening him with a revolver. The Judge sentenced him to five years imprisonment, but also questioned his sanity. Kerrigan had previously spent time in an asylum, and had a series of convictions in New South Wales. The Judge said he would confer with the Attorney-General about having Kerrigan deported.
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