MAN AGED 21 SENT TO BORSTAL
HOUSEBREAKER UNABLE TO READ (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, October 8. James Joseph Gilmour, aged 21, a labourer, was stated in the Supreme Court today to be unaMe to read or write, to have married at the age of 16, and to be the father of four children, for whom he was now heavily in arrears with maintenance payments. Gilmour was committed to a Borstal institution for two years on charges of housebreaking and attempted housebreaking. ... a Gilmour appeared on joint charges with John Robert Andrew, aged 18, a labourer, before Mr Justice Hay.His Honour said Gilmour nad had a very unfortunate life. He had left school after the first standard, and could not read or write. A limited term in a Borstal institution would enable him to receive a certain amount of training. He was over the age when a young man was normally sent to a Borstal institution, but His Honour felt it was the best place for him. To Andrew, his Honour said the Court had a duty to give him every chance. Instead of sending him to a Borstal institution, as he had intended, he would commit him to the care of the superintendent of the Child Welfare Division.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26857, 9 October 1952, Page 7
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