CHILDREN’S VANDALISM IN SHOP
DESTRUCTION OF GOODS AND THEFT AS3OCIATIOH TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, December 4. On Saturday night, November 20, and again later, Woolworths shop in Willis street was broken into and goods taken, but this was of little consequence compared with the fact tiiat damage to the extent of £IOO was done on the first occasion, and neaiiy the equal damage on the second occasion This morning, in the Juvenile Court, three boys, aged 10, 12, and 13, wei e before the Magistrate (Mr J. u u. Hewitt) in connexion with tne anaii. The amount of the thefts was placed at £5 5s 9d. , . . The shop, including the stairway, was littered with broken toys, torches, glassware, and crockery, t i ie P ollc - e stated, the latter departments and the sweets section suffering severely. Detective-Sergeant Doyle said that in all his experience he had never known a juvenile offence as serious. The Magistrate: They went mad The detective-sergeant: Absolutely, sir" He added that there was no chance of any substantial restitution being made. . Mr Hewitt: They will have to bo put into an institution. It is no good talking to them.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22268, 6 December 1937, Page 16
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