ABSURD LENIENCY.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2668, 13 January 1916, Page 9

ABSURD LENIENCY.

Sir, —There are people who, to quote tho Magistrate, Mr. 1). G. A. Cooper, will "take down" the men who nro going to fight for the country on all sides, hut one hardly expects such an example of it as appears in to-night's newspaper. Imagine two hoys'robbing the departing soldiers ou Saturday of more than six pounds, which was given to them to bo used to dispatch the last telegrams to the soldiers' friends. Tho despicable young hypocrites were dressed in Scouts' uniform, and carried telegraph forms, so the affair had evidently been well planned. Think of it, mothers, your boys' last messages, and ( the punishment" for this unpardonable crime is— nothing. They are spared the indignity of having their names published, anil their obviously incompetent pavont is warned to keep them under proper control. Can nothing be done to stop sncli far-reaching villainy?—l am, etc., A SOLDIER'S MOTHER. January 11. ' [Our correspondent's indignation Is fully justified. The boys should liave, received a good hirching, and in view of the circumstances disclosed by tlio police should also have been sent- to an industrial school. The Press is not permitted to publish the names of offenders brought before the Juvenile Court.]