COURTS PROBLEM.
DESERTION FROM SHIPS
1 ALTEK.VATIVK T<» I'KNu.N. (15.V Teli-?rni>!i- ■ l'r<->- As-.m-Lu i.ii;. 1 WKLUX'.To.V. tlii.- day. '•Tlu-.- t- : -<-.- iin- i..-.-..n,;i- im-i.-a-ingly nunic.'oiK aiid in-.Tva-iiiL-iv <iii:icult!" stated Mr. .1. H. Lux!il:i. S.M.. in the Police Cunt to-day. « 'μ-h convicting and lining a shi'i dc-ci %■■ r. "The numhe-r of et-ameti wim artdeserting from o\ci>c;t.- —Ij i r •—■ i- \-v\ great, and invariably they a , .- before the Court." , Mi. Lii\ford -lid. '"Then we art- f ■<•.-.] wilii tl.,- pro Idem: The deserting s-ciuiiin :~ determined to make a start in X « ;.-il'iil. but if the Court- are L'i.iL' ;■• •••,!< ;.-. tin- law the only way t,. ui-al ui'li tlii-;i i-; by iiiiprisonmciit. Tim- !.';•• i.<-i-.-n starting life in the Dominion -t.ir'witii a sentence nf iiupri-oiinn'ii; The proper curse, wliicli «.'■- d<iptcd by the Court* for luany yi-ar» \\ li-n thev had the power t<> <!■• -<>. wa- (-. order H deserted seaman to return to Ins shii> or to the country from which he sailed on articles, Mr. Luxford concluded.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 7
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159COURTS PROBLEM. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 7
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