PROBATION BROKEN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 139, 25 March 1930, Page 3

PROBATION BROKEN.

YOUTH TO GO TO BORSTAL.

HEIR TO £7OOO IN TROUBLE. (Special to the “Guardian.”) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. William lan McKay, who, with another youth, broke . into a fishmonger’s shop in Christchurch last year and committed petty theft, was committed yesterday to the Waikeria Borstal Institute in the Waikato, for breach of his probation license. The order provided that McKay must not go out without permission between 9 pTm. and 7 a.m. He went out on three occasions this month, staying out \ till 11-30 p.m., 12.30 a.in., and 3.30 a.m., mostly at dances. During tlie first hearing of the case it was stated that McKay will come into about £7OOO when he is 21 years of age. * , ~ ' When McKay . came un at the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Adams, yesterday, Mr Brown, for the Crown Prosecutor, said it had been impressed on the prisoner tnat _ the terms of probation must be strictly observed. William H. Darby, probation officer, said he found that McKay, the night following his release on probation, was out till 3-30 a.m. with a young woman. He had asked for permission to go out only once, and permission was granted on that occasion. , , Mr McLachlan, for McKay, asked it it would be better to send McKay to the Borstal Institute at Invercargill or to the Borstal Institute at AA aiJVlr Darby said that McKay wished to go farming. The normal age for youths at AYailceria.was 21 years. A\aikeria was a vocational institute, including farming. , Mr McLachlan said that McKay had never had the care of his parents. His father was killed on active service. His mother had married again. He had been in the care of his grandmother, a very old lady, who did her best to control him. He suffered from ill-health. The climate at Waikeria would suit him better than tlie Inver - cargill climate. If sent to Wancena there would be 'a check on his becoming a prodigal. Mr Brown said that McKay’s mind at present seemed to he occupied with girls dancing and having a good time. His Honor said that McKay had been admitted to probation witii some misgivings. He had been warped seriously, but the warning did not keep bun within bounds He would be detained at Waikeria for a period not exceeding three years. That would give him ail opportunity, by good conduct and diligence, to minimise the apparent severity of the sentence. He might obtain further probation, but that was not in his Honor’s hands.