MAN GIVEN A CHANCE
MAGISTRATE'S EXAMPLE
Alderman Sandle, acting as Magistrate at the Guildhall Police Court, asked an employer^ who was charging one of his assistants with theft to give him another chance. "When the employer hesitated, the magistrate said:— "I will tell you why I ask. A few weeks ago it was brought to my knowledge that one of my employees had taken some £200 that did not belong to him, and I was asked whether I wpuld prosecute. After due deliberation, I decided, as I have often preached lenience from this Bench, to practise what I myself preached, and gave him another chance. I have every reason to believe he will prove himself worthy. . Now, will you think of what I have said?"
The employer said he would. The alderman: Then I shall bind the young man over for six months.
Afterwards Mr Sandle explained the attitude he had taken. When he heard of the theft in his own firm he realised that he was confronted with a case similar to others which had come before him as a magistrate and in which he had advocated leniency.
"I gave the man a good talking*to andvtold him he would be forgiven, and he is now a thoroughly reliable man,"
he said.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3190, 3 February 1928, Page 5
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212MAN GIVEN A CHANCE Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3190, 3 February 1928, Page 5
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