PROBATION ABUSED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 157, 5 July 1937, Page 8

PROBATION ABUSED.

MAN SENT TO PRISON MAGISTRATE'S WARNING. "Persons who are admitted to probation must understand that it is a form of leniency, and that it must be respected," said Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, when he dealt with William Young, aged 52, an accountant. Young appeared before the magistrate on two charges—one of fraudulently omitting to account to the Cardinal Trading Company for £2 14/9, on May 25, 1935, thereby committing theft, and between May 26 and July 30, 1935, with stealing clothing valued, at £26 17/ belonging to the same firm. The probation officer, Mr. J. Anderson, explained that the real offence committed by Young was that he had committed a breach of his probation. The charges now brought against him were the original charges on which he was admitted to probation. Young had not made restitution as ordered, but he had been on sustenance and not in a position to pay. The real question involved was his failure to report himself. Telling Young that he had abused the leniency of probation, the magistrate sentenced him to one month's imprisonment on each charge, the terms to be concurrent.