A FATHER’S APPEAL.
YOUNG MAN’S OFFENCE. ALTERATION OF CHEQUE. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND. April 7. From the back of the Court this morning a father’s voice was raised m an appeal for leniency for his son who was charged with the forgery of a cheque. Mr Justice Ostler granted, the young man probation for eighteen months and suppressed his name. The prisoner had pleaded guilt}’ m the Lower Court, and, in reply to the usual question as to whether lie had anything to say why sentence should not be passed, the youth replied: No sir.” “I would like to say something if I may,” came a voice from the back, “J am his father.” “Certainly you may,” replied the Judge. The father then told the Judge that his son was not normal and gave details of treatment for nerve trouble. He had been sent to a farm at Ohura and on being paid by cheque thought he could alter it. The father said that he realised that he had made a mistake in sending the boy away from home, but he believed that it would strengthen him.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 151, 8 April 1930, Page 7
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187A FATHER’S APPEAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 151, 8 April 1930, Page 7
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