ARSON CHARGES WITHDRAWN
ACCUSED MENTALLY DEFECTIVE (New Zealand Press Association)
AUCKLAND, April 17. AU charges against a youth who, when he appeared before Mr L. G. H. Sinclair, S.M., in the Children's Court at Auckland, admitted having lit fires which caused, a total loss of. £17,368 to owners and insurance companies, have been withdrawn.
In Mr Sinclair’s room at the Magistrate’s Court today, Detective-Sergeant B. G. Goldfinch said the youth had been admitted to a mental institution on Wednesday. On the Magistrate’s recommendation,
Detective-Sergeant Goldfinch withdrew the charges against the youth. The Magistrate said a medical report showed the boy to be mentally defective to such an extent that he could not be held criminally responsible for his acts in lighting the fires.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27018, 18 April 1953, Page 8
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