FLOGGING COMMENDED.
LONDON JUDGE'S VIEW. LONDON, October 27. "The violence and extreme youthfulnees of criminals to-day render the state of crime in Great Britain alarming," writes Sir Henry Dickens, son of the novelist, and until recently a judge at the Old Bailey. When he retired from his post of Common Sergeant of the City of London, he had held it for 15 years, and his article in "The Times" records his experiences and the changes he hae witnessed. "The youngsters," he says, "are often under 20, and trade upon their youth. They expect that, whatever the crime, they will be only bound over ae first offenders. "I believe that leniency is misapplied in such cases. Judges may be compelled to inflict severe salutary punishment, notably flogging with a birch, which ought to be administered to criminals who, refusing to earn an honest livelihood, prey on society by blackmail, hold-ups f smash and grab raids, and houaebreaking. It wae only flogging which eliminated garrotting."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 259, 1 November 1932, Page 7
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