VANDALISM IN AUCKLAND
Youths Sentenced
(New Zealand Press Association) ‘ AUCKLAND, March 19.
Two youths who last week admitted breaking and entering the Mountain Green Archery Club’s pavilion, which was later burnt down as a result of their acts, appeared for sentence before Mr J. W. Kealy, S.M., in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court today.
Neville John Mears, aged 17, a showman, was sentenced to Borstal training for a maximum of three years, and Alexander Albert Woodhead, aged, 18, a plasterer, was admitted to three years’ probation. The Magistrate said that Mears’s previous conduct showed that there was not much chance of improvement till he learnt his lesson. Borstal training was in his best interests.
He thought probation for Woodhead was justified, but he was granting it “with some hesitation.” He directed Woodhead to take such medical treatment as the probation officer directed. The Magistrate stood over the question of restitution. He said that recompense for the fire damage could be a mater for civil proceedings. He was not in a position to distinguish fairly the apportionment of blame.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28231, 20 March 1957, Page 15
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