OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN
COMMENT BY CHIEF JUSTICE (New Zealand Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, May 26. These offences of young children out P la y in " being interfered with by men are a serious happening,” said the Chief Justice (Sir Humphrey O’Leary) when sentencing Frederick Joseph Seed, a watersider, who was found guilty by a jury earlier this week of common assault on a girl aged 12. in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth to-day. His Honour said that he had little doubt that Seed got into trouble through over-indulgence in liquor. He would endeavour to see. as far as he I could, that Seed did not indulge again during the two years’ probation to which he proposed to admit him, by ordering him to take out a prohibition order and renew it at the end of 12 months. That would prevent him from consuming liquor in or out of hotels. His Honour also ordered that Seed, at such time as directed bv the Pro/bation Officer, pay £lO towards the cost of the prosecution, which amounted to £2O. . . i
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26123, 27 May 1950, Page 9
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