YOUTH SENT TO BORSTAL
The eldest of a family of eight children, Edmond Norman Connolly, aged 17, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court yesterday to tho theft of a bicycle at Lower Hutt. ' . , , . , "His parents can do nothing with him, ' said Chief-Detective Ward. Since leaving school, the youth had been working as a labourer, but latterly he had been unemployed. A few weeks ago he stole a crossed cheque, and after forging an endorsement he succeeded in getting it cashed. With the proceeds he went to Auckland. When he returned he stole the bicycle and also entered a church . and stole some gloves. ■ Later he stole a; set of golf clubs. These charges were, however, not being gone on with, as an application was to be made to have the accused committed to the Borstal instituCounsel for the accused (Mr. T. P. Cleary) and the Probation Officer (Mr. T. P. Mills) considered that in the boy's interests, the best thing would be to send him to the Borstal institution for a fairly long period. The Magistrate (Mr. E. Page, S.M.) convicted the accused and ordered him to be detained at the Borstal institution for a period not exceeding three years.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 99, 28 April 1928, Page 26
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