CRIMES BY YOUNG MEN
RETIRING MAGISTRATE’S COMMENTS tP-A-I J WELLINGTON, October 3. The demand for an even higher living standard than their already high wages allow is responsible for many young people coming before the Courts to-day. This is the opinion of Mr J. L. Stout, at present on retiring leave after nearly 30 years as a magistrate. He said in an interview that he had noticed recently the large number of young men between 18 and 25 years of age who come before the Court on charges of breaking, entering, and theft. There did not seem to have been so many returned men coming before him with tales of their war service as there were after the 1914-18 war, he said. Returned men did not appear to have been responsible for much of the breaking, entering, and theft. Mr Stout said he believed the Probation Act was a good measure if used judiciously, but he had never believed that every first offender should get probation.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19471004.2.67
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25306, 4 October 1947, Page 7
Word Count
166CRIMES BY YOUNG MEN Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25306, 4 October 1947, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in