JUVENILE DEPRAVITY
It is, we are sure, unnecessary to emphasise the gravity of the position disclosed by the remarks of his Honour the Chief Justice on the depravity of young girls. As judge and formerly as barrister, his Honour can speak with authority. When he states that such cases are not as uncommon as they' are appalling, he states what he knows to be the fact. His warning is well weighted and.weighty. With a recommendation from such a quarter the Government will not, we hope, hesitate to take action. My regret (states his Honour) is that there is no power in this Court on the disclosure of such cases as this to commit the girls to an institution for a_ term of years' for correction and discipline. I make the suggestion that this Court should be invested with such power, and I commend that suggestion to the consideration of the proper authorities. Such action is necessary if the depravity is not to become more widespread. Left at large, such girls are a menace to the youth of both sexes. To check such depravity, and to remove the menace of it, there must be authority to apply correction where parental discipline is obviously lacking.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 130, 28 November 1929, Page 8
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