THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18919, 7 February 1927, Page 6

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. SATURDAY. B.i.'t Mr H. A. Yo.ir.r. ri.M AN OLD MAN'S PLIGHT. A -....aiir.;: on icnuud :r:m '.Hi tvturj.i"- ■ "•! 3 chars-; o; luvii:; iecn :our.J a: n:yi:t , a', t'asuni-.'io c: private :.'. <- ',• I i: .rr.'Mncrj whicri die! r.-ii <i:?clc;o :)u' :P,'ci:'..on ommit any o:he: c.1.-iit.', Alrxj'i- ]<:<■•• McC'Uli'.Lr::, aged C .car.-, <•: Tim..:'.<, | had nct'iinK \n say Ho had le.-n !cn:r;;d ,' r d in order that' Jb-.-i :e;a::ves might '>•• <.«.■!].umnicatt-d vitL. 1: •• a- >:i:ni that the ! < tier had Uvß - wr.. atf '.•: in '.eiuli v.-..1i th'i!'. Tlu;- rcnj:!«-d. ilia: ;i l.i'av in AsbbuitoY. •»"*.* v.-il.in- to takf i:.m. sh- l.iii-wn lsiru :or soiur time. Eventually it w.13 decided tin*, the clu^f . :.« "i'hdrnv.n and t!:at Mct'lintwk be son'. to Ajhbiir'on t.'iat day in tho train. The £.7 v:hi?:i was found on him when In- wa3 ousted •■•.ill bo placed in ihi> Aahburton JY?t Ufiic", with !li? Salvation Amiv tuajo' i's trus'.-". "If somcthin? isn't done wild ;-.. 1- michi net be allowed to k.-f-p it lcr :..-." his Worship said. ( HII.ORKXs CUt'PT. V* "M Mr 11. A. Ycitn;. P.M., and MrJl. K. Ilffibert. J.TV DHL'XKKX YOUTH. '■'l'hcic m no one who ha.-' an" tuii'.ioi over hint at all,'' said the J!<:v. F Halo, I'rvLa'io: Officer, when ref-rfing to a 17-'-..ai-yld youth who admitted having beau tc.inu drunk in High struct on Friday iii^-Ii:. iU finle tcid the Bench that the hid r.iii. at present on probation on a eharg-* •:' '.lua-'.iirr stoiiM at street l».mps. 1I» su-. him about 7.."t> o'clock on Friday evmi'i;.', and lie was r.ll light turn. "I thin!; Ua j.ol in with i'. lew of these young rascals r.'.out the tewjj and had a nip of whisky," he explained. He suggested thai the boy should he sliced under the contiol of tho SupriimctlGc'it. "i tbn Child 'ftVjiu* Uelai'lmenv o: tho Canterbury Education Hoard. }\\- Worship adepted the Miggestion. and I'.laviii him ' under tlu SupirintemU-nt's lor.ltu!. . TWU JOCKIiYS ASSAULT UlIiL. Plea* of. guilty wove entered by two boys, our aged 15 years and the other Hi yeais, v. : lo were eliarpcd v.itb assaulting a JJi-ye.u-oM ;.'iii Rl IJicearlon. 'i'lii> Bench was (old by Chiei-Dctcrlivc \V. K. Lewi? that they v.era employed ;■» joi.!>cy.s at Riccaitnn, and that tho act had, no doubt, bee.-i one of larrakinism. 'Thev seem \erv fom- for whaf they have done," said tho Child Welfare Oflcv'r, Mr A. BiJittt. The Miigislrate said he woti'd not, enter conviction! crsinst tho boy?' names, but would order th.lt they bo placed under (lie Child "tVrlfcrc officcr'a caro lor twelve months. A VUL'TH AM) A MWL7.. A you'.li, who acriden'.ally lei p. nfic oft in his ;irandfallicr'» bouie when be was testing tlio sishts, was admonished sind diiel.arged on a cbcrge of having- a _ rifle without reasonable excuse in a public pace. It was str.tcd that tho bullet went tlirottjli <.;!(• wall and into a bedroom, where it flattened. FOUIi SHOP-TILL THIKVF.S. For chocolates, fancy cakes, breitd, and butter, coloured drinks, and lollies, tour lii'r.inutivo kds committed crimes in Sydenham. . With tear-slair.ed faces ar.d .r.fi.-tmed eves, they stood in an uneven row bcfoio Mr Younj and Mrs Herbert. One was charged with huvinjr sto'.cn three amciinU. tolalliiiß i'C Os 6d. and two other* I'lth recc'uins stolen money. I hi! fourth iili'.c offender, who was on'.v j.cven years old. and fu.nl;lv admilled that he had operated one or two "jn'js" nlc;i\ was too .vc-unir to be charged. »lo>,-cver. lift w;>n ?(•? truthful, uiid in ir.cria«nating t!ie other thico with his cvideiu-e. Fclitc ofl'.cers told the Comt that the l.nv.« had been responsible for a numbev of'thoils from shop-tills in Sydenham le<entlv. Csuallv one or moie of the four kept'an eve on (ho street and the pedestrians, while another entered tho shop and lifted the till. The climax came when tlio small boy wai caught rca-liantied. M -' 3 atatement's had incriminated '.ha others. Their ages tanged from II to ' years, two boin;? 11 vc»r» old. His \Yo*:skip placed each of the thtja bovs ltndar tb* control of tho Superintendent of the Child Welfare Department for twehn months, and direclod their fathers to pay nn even fharc of the money stolen from shopkeepers.