VERDICT WITHHELD
CHILD WELFARE ACT
INTERPRETATION NEEDED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHUECH,.2Oth August,
A verdict in the cases against several men in the Supreme Court this session concerning alleged oflicnecs against girl, escapees from the Burwood Home will hjavo to,be withheld until the terms of the section of the Child Welfare Act under which they are charged have beeu interpreted by the Court of Appeal.
Alan Hirst was charged with having attempted to commit an offence against a female inmate of an institution under the Child Welfare Act, 1925, who was at the time of the offence resident in a State institution, the Girls' Home at Burwood..,
The jury -was directed to reply to two questions: (1) Did the accused attempt the offence alleged! (2). Did the accused know that tho girls wore escapees from a home?
The jury replied that he did attempt the offence, but without knowledge that the girls.were escapees. Hirst was remanded until the November sessions, and in the meantime the Court of Appeal will be asked to determine the (following questions: (1) Whether knowledge is an essential ingredient of the offence, and (2) whether the girls were resident in an institution within the meaning of the Act.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1931, Page 9
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